Archive for October, 2007

October
20th 2007
Botanical Survey

Posted under Documents & Environmental & Flora & Fauna & Management & Infrastructure

Back in July, local botanist John Hawksford kindly agreed to perform a botanical survey on the orchard site. Here is his report: Botanical Survey (900kb PDF file)

In summary, it seems that the planting so far hasn’t damaged the flora, and there are some interesting rare examples among the 63 different species on the site.

Following are some examples to look out for:

Meadow Vetchling Field Forget-me-not Oxeye daisy Yellow-rattle

Many thanks to John for his time on this - I’m sure it will be a valuable educational resource for us in the future.

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October
18th 2007
Press: Buxton Advertiser

Posted under Press

There is a short piece in the Buxton Advertiser this week. Link to online version is here.

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October
18th 2007
Next meeting

Posted under Meetings & events

The next meeting of the Friends of the New Mills Community Orchard group will be on Thursday 1st October at 7.30pm, at New Mills Town Hall.

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