Hedge Laying Success at Ladderedge
Submitted by Steve on Thu, 05/02/2015 - 14:19
Churnet Valley Volunteers and ‘Friends of Ladderedge‘ have laid 100m of native hedge at Ladderedge Country Park.
Churnet Valley Volunteers and ‘Friends of Ladderedge‘ have laid 100m of native hedge at Ladderedge Country Park.
We're advertising for a trainee Youth Assistant for the Churnet Valley.
The Churnet Valley Living Landscape Partnership has organised a number of Dry Stone Walling and Hedge Laying events for 2015. All events are run by qualified and highly skilled instructors and the walls and hedges have been identified to offer a wide range of learning opportunities, experience and, hopefully, fun.
One of the ongoing aspirations of the Churnet Valley Living Landscape partnership is to inspire local people to get more involved in their surroundings. In conjunction with the Environment Agency, during October- 11 local volunteers gained certificates in riverfly monitoring.
Students from a number of local colleges and universities have been volunteering their time to help Staffordshire Wildlife Trust with vital conservation work in the Churnet Valley.
People in north Staffordshire are being asked to nominate special dry stone walls in the area that they believe need to be rebuilt and protected.
During 2011 the Churnet Valley Landscape Character Assessment identified the loss of traditional boundary features, such as dry stone walls and laid hedges, as one of the serious threats to the quality of the landscape. The Churnet Valley Living landscape Partnership, with support from the Heritage Lottery Fund, are looking for special walls in the valley where they can run training events so that local people can learn to look after their own walls.
The Sustainable Woodland Project needs a new person to volunteer one day a week as a Assistant Woodland Advisor. This is an exiting opportunity to gain valuable work experience, whilst developing skills in conservation and woodland management. The role will involve working alongside the Woodland Officer, to get woodlands into sustainable woodland management.
Young people living in North Staffordshire and East Cheshire are being encouraged to get involved with a project that aims to teach a new generation important skills to protect the area’s heritage and keep traditional rural skills alive.
Does anyone want to create an area of woodland this winter? CVLLP Woodland Officer Tabi Kime is offering free trees to residents in the Churnet Valley Living Landscape area.
Are you interested in attending a chainsaw course to learn how to fell trees safely and in the right direction? Or do you know someone who's interested? CVLLP Woodland Officer Tabi Kime is organising a course - felling trees up to 15" diameter.