Author Archives: wimklaucke

A few days ago, Green Gym went to help Charlotte on her water-meadow in Goring. It was looking wonderful and it is inspiring to see how much has been achieved over the past four years. While Green Gym isn’t the … Continue reading →

Good fun at Withymead at the end of February, where there was a large amount of sycamore and willow brash to burn on the fire site. Others tasks included dismantling a gate in order to replace it with a wider … Continue reading →

Today a hardy group of volunteers turned up for a session in Flowercroft Wood. We started in snowy weather with tree planting to replace the felt Larches in the wood. We managed to plant 43 new trees, 23 Sorbus torminalis … Continue reading →

The ground was hard with frost underfoot as we walked from the Watlington Hill Reserve car park to our work site, where we had a magical view from above of clouds nestling in the hill folds. Fingers and toes soon … Continue reading →

We held two consecutive sessions at Parson’s Wood this week in order to remove some of the many piles of holly we had cut in previous sessions. Heavy rain on Thursday did not impede the lighting of the bonfire – … Continue reading →

Undaunted by the rain, 15 of our volunteers spent a happy morning on Peppard Common improving conditions for its large patches of heather and dwarf gorse, both rare plants in Oxfordshire. The layer of clay on this part of the … Continue reading →

Our holly clearing sessions in Spring Wood have brightened it up no end, but there is always some regrowth. A large group turned out in late October to tackle this and an area of more mature holly not cleared hitherto. … Continue reading →

We were joined by an office group on a volunteer day at the October session at Aston Rowant, where the task was to cut brambles on Beacon Hill. The brambles had grown too much for the sheep to keep down, … Continue reading →

At the end of October we finished installing a section of post and wire fencing for the Forestry Commission at Ipsden Wood. A dozen of us cut back scrub along the fence line, erected the end straining post and drove … Continue reading →

Our November task at Moor End Common was to cut back willow creeping from the edges of a broad open area. An owl box has been installed on a tree in the centre, and the occupants need a wide sweep … Continue reading →