Last Saturday was our August volunteer morning. We are now well in to the Summer holiday season and although the turnout was relatively small, it was a very productive session. We had 12 adults, three children and one armless, abandoned teddy bear!

Blackberries were picked and damsons tasted. Long-standing volunteer Dave Larkin let a group of hard working younger volunteers clearing an area in the glade and they did a great job.

Committee members Gail Stirling and Pip O’Byrne were on a robinia, bindweed, nettles & bramble clearance session in the storytelling and cake stall area.

They could not believe how much robinia there were, it was like a “robinia grotto”! With the recent rain, there is currently a bit more water in the pond.