On Tuesday 28th January The Hyndburn’s Woodlands Volunteers were at Woodnook Vale LNR for a different kind of session! This week, we were joined by Imogen, from Imogen Storey Gardens, who kindly offered her expertise on live Willow structures! Imogen showed myself and volunteers how to correctly weave live Willow into a desired shape so […]
Tuesday 12th November 2024 – Huncoat East
On Tuesday 12th November 2024 the Hyndburn’s Woodlands Volunteers were back at Huncoat East woodland continuing with the pathway maintenance started in September. This involved using spades and shovels to clear back vegetation that had encroached onto the paths. The vegetation covered around 3/4’s of the entire path! We are happy to say the paths […]
Tuesday 5th November 2024 – Jubilee Meadow
On Tuesday 5th November the Hyndburn’s Woodlands Volunteers were back at Jubilee woodland to continue with the meadow maintenance that we started the week prior. Much of the scything had already been carried out, so this session primarily focused on raking off the cuttings to reduce the nutrients present. Once the last bit of scything […]
Tuesday 29th October 2024 – Jubilee Meadow
On Tuesday 29th October the Hyndburn’s Woodlands Volunteers were hard at work at Jubilee woodland continuing with the meadow management that has been going on for 3 years. This involves using scythes to cut as much of the grassy material as low to the ground as possible, the cuttings (arisings) are then raked off the […]
Friday 27th September 2024 – Baxenden Bat Walk
On Friday 27th September 2024 The Hyndburn’s Woodlands project held their second bat walk of the year at Woodnook Vale LNR! Participants were led by Roger, the Batman, Cunliffe who took them for a light stroll through the vale, with detectors in hand, to search for our nocturnal friends! It didn’t take long to spot […]
Monday 10th June 2024 – Jubilee Meadow
On Monday 10th June the Hyndburn’s Woodlands Project engaged with the Great UK WaterBlitz. The Great UK WaterBlitz is a national citizen science scheme aimed at assessing how clean the UK waterways are. For the scheme, we measured the quality of two parameters, that of nitrates and phosphates. We are happy to report that both […]
Haworth Park Mosaics
Back in 2006 the Baxenden Community Forum worked with a local artist and the local schools to commission the Accrington Pals Mosaics which were installed in the Rose Garden in Haworth Park. Later, in 2006, the Forum also held a ‘Community Fair’ on Saturday 1st July 2006 to Mark the 90th anniversary of the Battle […]