Friends’ volunteers have recently built two small wildlife refuges made up of logs, sticks and leaves with a topping of turf. The turf was re-used from our Community Garden display at this year’s Chorley Flower Show and the logs have been re-purposed from a dilapidated seat.
The piles have been constructed between the Lost Fountain and the Green Pond and we hope that by being so sited they will prove to be an attractive home for amphibians as well as a wide variety of insects.
Log pile under construction.
Guidance of how best to finish off the piles with a turf topping varies – either roots uppermost or underneath. So, we built them alternative ways! See below.
Friends of Astley Park 