We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers who want to get involved with the Parkland Project. You will be helping to enhance the habitats for wildlife and people by carrying out practical conservation that will make a big difference as well as learn new skills and meet new people! When? Taster sessions this June: Thursday 17th…
We were busy Tree ‘popping’ with our LYRiC (Love your River Cole) trainees in the Parkland last week. It was both a training exercise showing them how the tool worked as well as what could be achieved with it, as well as a chance to do some much needed woodland work. I borrowed the Tree…
We have been busy creating a Wildflower Meadow Bank in the Parkland! The Parkland Team carefully prepared the soil by raking and removing any woody debris. Then last week we scattered a mix of native grasses and wildflowers over this. Lucky for us it has been a wet few weeks so the ground and conditions…
As we dare to peer over the lockdown horizon into May we thought we’d offer something musical that is safe and rather special. We’re not encouraging singing outdoors until we know it’s absolutely safe but in the meantime we’re planning some outdoor instrumental events with some of the best players in The Midlands. All hosted by the irrepressible…
Hibernacula … a home for newts..
Yumi Grindley’s food for our English Hanami blossom picnics has been a feature of the event for a few years. This year she is offering a greater variety of scrumptious Japanese home cooking for you to pre-order. Each is made fresh to order for you, so although there will be some curry and other things…
This 12 hectare greenspace is an oasis of calm and tranquility in an otherwise densely built up area. A short stroll into the Parkland and you instantly start to relax and breath more easily, you are surrounded by tall grasses, brambles, trees and wildflowers getting ready to bloom. The site is made up of a…