Month: February 2024

Using branches previously cut up (see January 2024 post ‘Tackling a Fallen Tree’) a natural barrier using hedge laying type techniques has recently been built by Friends’ volunteers alongside the River Chor near the wildflower meadow.

The barrier, about 1 metre high by approximately 15 metres long, will restrict access to the river which has steep sides at this point. The work has also left clear views of daffodil clusters that will soon be in flower and the barrier will hopefully be a refuge for wildlife.

Pictured below is the Snowdrop Trail in full bloom as seen from the ha-ha wall in front of the Hall. The short posts that are visible were put in by Friends’ volunteers in 2023 to mark the position of the bulbs in the ground throughout the year so that the area can be cleared of fallen leaves and bramble growth in the autumn.

However, it is not just on the Trail that snowdrops are in bloom – see the latest pictures in the  Gallery