We started off in October continuing with our hub project in Ladywell Fields (South Field), where we continued with teh ground preparation for our future planting on the banks. The list of plants has been confirmed, and come spring we’ll be back to get planting!
Our group then spent the rest of October in Chinbrook Meadows, swapping bramble bashing for willow coppicing. Each year we coppice another selection of willows alongside the river and wildlife ponds- we do quite drastic work at the far wildlife pond to enable enough light to hit that pond. Fun fact with that pond is that it is the only pond in the meadows that isn’t regularly fed by river water, it’s actually mainly filled with run-off from the football pitches on the other side of the footpath. The exception to this is when the Quaggy is in flood state, where it bursts it’s banks and then runs into the pond.
To add to spooky season, look at this creepy doll found face down in some nettles next to the river!
Rivers and People 