We had a fantastic bonfire night celebration on Saturday 5th November.
Our members, their family and friends joined together to see the huge bonfire being lit and watch the fireworks.
Afterwards Polish sausages were cooked on the fire and potatoes baked in the embers. In the Clubhouse there was delicious pumpkin soup and a selection of cakes to enjoy. And the children made leaf lanterns.
Thank you to our Members whose hard work made the event possible.
We have a new wildlife habitat on site that will help to reduce the amount of waste that we burn and support biodiversity.
We have created a ‘dead hedge’ along the riverbank opposite the Clubhouse. This will replace the aging wooden fence with a new habitat.
Insects and invertebrates love rotting wood and the dead hedge will be a perfect home for them.
Insects and invertebrates are a vital part of a healthy garden. They help pollinate flowers and crops, They eat pests and are food for larger animals (such as small mammals hedgehogs and birds), They also help to recycle nutrients and improving the soil.
The fence was created by our members on Community Spruce days using stakes pollarded from a tree in the wildlife garden, together with recycled fencing wire.
Members are asked to put their woody waste on the dead hedge rather than taking it to the bonfire area.
We were successful in achieving the Green Flag Community Award for the 18th year in a row due to the hard work and commitment of our members maintaining our allotment site.
At monthly Community Spruce days our members undertake work to maintain the site and help prepare for events.
The assessor described the site a ‘much loved and well used local allotment site and leisure resource for the community providing wellbeing, physical and social activities’.