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Conservation Day 8th Feb 2014
4 Seasons in 1 Day And today we had glorious sunshine, thunder, hail and back to sun all in the space of a few hours. But it didn’t deter us and with the on-going deluge it meant there were loads more trees … Continue reading
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Tagged floods, frog, fungi, grey wagtail, High Broom Wood, jelly fungus, river, river beck, spring
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Conservation Day, 12th October
And a bonfire to start off the winter season! Burning all the holly (Ilex) and sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) we cleared from the river bank last month. There were some big pieces which needed cutting down to size but we soon got a … Continue reading
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Tagged Acer, Bow saw, Conservation, Friends of High Broom, High Broom Wood, Holly, Ilex, Princess Leia, Star Wars
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Conservation Day: Saturday 14th September, 2013
The New Season Back after the summer break and it’s out with the old and in with the new, well hopefully some new flowers next year. Today despite the miserable weather we’ve been clearing holly (Ilex) , brambles (Rubus), ivy (Hedera) … Continue reading
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Tagged Acer, Bramble, Gardeners World, Hedera, High Broom Wood, Ilex, Rubus
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A Busy Day.
Planning Meg, Austin and David make plans for the months ahead, we had a walk around the wood choosing various areas to concentrate on next. Marking on David’s map areas of fast growing sycamore to cut down, clearing overgrowing holly … Continue reading
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Tagged Beck, Dragonflies, foraging, Friends of High Broom, High Broom Wood, Marsh Marigolds, Raspberries, Wet Woodland, Wood Speedwell
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Conservation Day – Sat July 13th
Come and join the Friends of High Broom Wood on our monthly conservation day. Help with clearing brambles, litter picking, spot the local flora and fauna and have a good old chat. 09:30 until about 12:30, meeting at the St. … Continue reading
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Tagged Conservation, Friends of High Broom, High Broom Wood, West Wickham
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Conservation Day – June 13
Today’s work was centered around clearing the ‘Island’ of brambles, sycamore and sticky bobs (cleavers) to clear an area for next years bluebells. We also have some digitalis purperea, foxglove growing, not yet in flower but hopefully by giving them … Continue reading
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Tagged acacia, chainsaw, cleavers, Coffee, foxgloves, High Broom Wood
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If you go down to the woods today…..
Keston Cobblers’ Club – A Scene of Plenty – at High Brooms Keston Cobblers Club venture into the woods behind Lee’s garden to perform a brand new tune! Catch the band’s main stage debut at this summer’s LeeFest – 12th-15th … Continue reading
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Tagged A Scene of Plenty, High Broom Wood, Keston Cobblers Club, LeeFest
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Invaders!
During a tour of High Broom Woods recently with another Friends group, one of them pointed out that we had a patch of Japanese knotweed growing near the river. Sylvia has had another look and found 3 patches of the stuff, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bromley, High Broom Wood, Invasive species, Japanese knotweed
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Bluebells in High Broom Wood
Bluebells in High Broom Wood Bluebells are a link to our woodland past. Most bluebells are found in ancient woodland where the rich habitat supports a whole host of species. Ancient woodland includes woods from the 17th century and some … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancient woodland, Common Bluebell, High Broom Wood, Spanish Bluebell, Woodland
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