I HAVE HAD to miss a few sessions with the Green Space Team, due to training for the London Winter 10km and some of the locations being a little out of my area. But today was a return to Beech Hurst Gardens, which is a place that I look forward to working on.
We meet up in the car park next to the Harvester Restaurant for the morning briefing. Today was defining the border and weeding out the large area of garden by the side of the tennis courts.I am not a great one for weeding, so picked up a shovel and started to redefine the border, once that was done I moved across to do some weeding and clearing out some the rubbish thrown into the bushes.
Working in Victoria Park quite a few weeks ago I was interested in the Hebes. Not realising that the part had the largest selection of them in the UK, but the stock had deminished due to the large amount of brambles that had taken over. After freeing the hebes I managed to get two, from the local garden centre, which are now in my garden (one of them about the flower).
The plant of the day was the Toadflax. A beautiful and common plant of waste ground, grassland, roadside verges and hedgerows. One of the aims of getting involved with the Green Space Team was improve my knowledge and practical skills.My next stop of the morning was coffee and lunch with friends at Orange Square.
Community engagement is very rewarding and I would recommend it as a way to meet new people, get involved in local projects and enjoy being outside.
If you are interested in volunteering to help the Green Space Team, it's once a week on a Thursday between 10:00 and 12:00 (two hours). You can emil them direct for more information and they will send out dates, times, and locations. You only need to attend the ones you can, there is no pressure.
Email: rangers.midsussex@glendale-services.co.uk
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