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10,000sqm of Green Space Improvements! Nope, we did 15,623sqm!
As part of our project this year to improve greenspace at Leverhulme Park, by June we had already slashed, bashed, cut and sowed habitats...


49 Bat Boxes - Do you want to help your local bats?
As part of our ambitious project under the Greater Manchester Environment Fund we pledged to make 100 features (bird, bat, owl, hedgehog...


Blackshaw Primary tree planting with Bolton NEWT
Today we held our Woodland trust hedgerow planting session with Blackshaw Primary School. The free community pack consists of 120...


Wildflower Meadows - Our Plans for 2023
In 2014 we begun experimenting with yellow rattle as an establisher for wildflower meadows, in that same year we later met Fred Lovell...


'I Dig Trees' hedgerow
Our two tree planting sessions have finished for March, leaving a new staggered hedgerow of 360 trees planted on New House Farm,...


Appreciation Walks - What's it all about?
If you're curious about the appreciation walks and interested in the backstory to this, then read on and enjoy, as we discovered some...


Magical Winter Forest 2022
Newt returned with our 'Magical Winter Forest' event thanks to grant funding from Forever Manchester. This allows us to cover the cost of...


Halloween Spooktacular 2022
The Halloween event was a work in progress over five months, with sessions at the Garstang Hub creating graves and the Pirate ship. We...


Sport in the Park (rain in the park)
Building on the success of our June event, we hosted a 'sport in the park' event for July, unfortunately the old rule of hosting...


A tribute to Simon Gilkes on his passing
It’s exceptionally hard to write this tribute about Simon, someone who gave so much of himself for others, yet he never sought...
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