THE GREAT OUTDOORS
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FoWDG PARTNERSHIP WITH TWEACK
The Withdean Westdene Woods and Eldred Avenue Copse Keepers have been looking after our Local Nature Reserves for over 25 years. TWEACK and FoWDG work closely together. Please participate with any help you can give, such as outdoor workdays or projects. Renewal on The Green with TWEACK Easter opened up the Green again, so we picked up the trowels and the wildflowers and spent a lively morning planting. So, who’s “we”? TWEACK, Greening Westdene, Westdene and Patcham ENTS, are groups more or less informally interested in picking up where the Council has had to bow out; only safety and essential maintenance is now routinely funded. “WE” would like to help to develop natural life in Westdene, as TWEACK has done for 25 years. Join us! At present, TWEACK has a constitution and funding, with further applications for fruit-trees and cultivation, and [in Withdean LNR] a small pond, from Councillors’ Lloyd, Leach, and Davis’s disbursement budget. Find more updates from TWEACK on their Facebook page If you want to get involved. Mike would love to hear from you! mjlmail3@gmail.com |
WILDFLOWER VERGES
A small re-wilding project is underway in Westdene. Wildflowers including oxeye daisy, cowslips, wild marjoram, red campion, scabious and chamomile have been planted in the grass bank outside the shops and a couple of verges on Eldred Avenue as well as under the trees at the Copse Hill/Highbank junction. In total 114 plants grown by the Wild Flower Conservation Society - Brighton and Beyond, were added to these areas. It is hoped that these verges will become example verges with the view to rolling it out onto other suitable places in the community. These re-wilded spots will help to support and encourage wildlife and improve the biodiversity of Westdene. As the flowers come into bloom, permanent info signs will be erected identifying the flora and fauna and linking residents to useful information and organisations to help them join in. Thank you to the amazing volunteers from the Wild Flower Conservation Society - Brighton and Beyond and to the Withdean Green Councillors who helped fund this exciting project! Inspired by the work of ‘Green Man of Sussex’, John Gapper, the Wild Flower Conservation Society was born from the vital need to bring a diverse range of wildlife back to our treasured countryside spaces... www.wildflowerconservationsociety.com |
Thanks to Mike and Marcus from TWEACK and Neil's Nomads from Brighton & Hove Rangers, in early 2020 The Copse on The Green received a whole lot of TLC and some new trees. Come and see them and read the varieties on the labels. Introduce your children and look after them as they grow.
GET INVOLVED ACROSS BRIGHTON
Workdays with Sussex Wildlife Trust and TWEACK, our local woodland group are scheduled regularly throughout the year.
Volunteering in Brighton & Hove Parks and Open Spaces
The Cityparks Team have co-ordinated a number of volunteering activities.
Follow the links below to find out more and book your place
Nature conservation volunteering with BHCC Ranger team
A group meets every Friday at 10am. If you would like to come along or would be available on another day, email cityparks.volunteers@brighton-hove.gov.uk
Stanmer Park
There are major changes planned and a Woodland Management Scheme Click here for info
Workdays with Sussex Wildlife Trust and TWEACK, our local woodland group are scheduled regularly throughout the year.
Volunteering in Brighton & Hove Parks and Open Spaces
The Cityparks Team have co-ordinated a number of volunteering activities.
Follow the links below to find out more and book your place
Nature conservation volunteering with BHCC Ranger team
A group meets every Friday at 10am. If you would like to come along or would be available on another day, email cityparks.volunteers@brighton-hove.gov.uk
Stanmer Park
There are major changes planned and a Woodland Management Scheme Click here for info
