February 2009:
Well its been a cold month.... I popped down to the site to take a picture in the snow -
... found bird prints in the snow too...
We've been doing amazingly well collecting plastic bottles (thank you to all at New Cumnock Primary and Nursery and anyone who has given us bottles)... I expect we will be nearly there by the end of the week which is perfect timing to make the greenhouse in March!The East Ayrshire Strategy for Youth Group have been busy preparing some of the bottles and starting work on the greenhouse frame... we also made some bird and bat boxes which we will be able to use later on in the garden...
I also got a chance to go visiting and learn a bit more about the history of East Ayrshire this month with a quick stop at the Barony A - Frame, if you havent visited I recommend it...
January 2009:
New Cumnock's Community Wildlife Garden gets underway!
Happy New Year!
Welcome back after a lovely break... January is already proving that it is going to be a very busy 2009!
The 19th - 30th January is the RSPB's Big Schools Birdwatch, this is a great opportunity for local schools to get involved and learn about native birds in and around our parks and gardens! See www.rspb.org.uk/schoolswatch/ for details.
We are very pleased that the CEI has been granted planning permission for the New Cumnock Community Wildlife Garden...
We have also been very busy looking to the future developing some new exciting projects and working towards some funding applications that will support us through 2009!
Happy Yule-time!
Its estimated that the festive period will create 1.5 million tonnes of waste in Scotland! So there couldnt be a better time to collect your plastic bottles for the Community Wildlife Garden Greenhouse!
The greenhouse is a great chance to showcase an innovative way to re-use what we no longer need... recycling is so important for the environment - plastic for example, could take more than 100 years to decompose in landfill but no-one really knows as it hasnt been that long since plastic was invented!
I'm very excited to be working with the eco-group at New Cumnock Primary and the Nursery to collect bottles... and I cant wait to continue with this and other exciting projects throughout 2009!
All my Christmas wishes for everyone...
enjoy yourselves and please take care over the holidays,natsx
December 2008:
The snow has arrived!!!
I've been thinking a lot about the garden, hopefully work done now will mean lots fitting into place in the New Year....
We should be getting some lovely native trees for the 'woodland' part of the garden, great for birds and insects!
The benches will hopefully be some gorgeous Scottish Larch, when its all planted up I think they will look really natural...
If you have any questions (or plastic bottles!) please feel free to get in touch,
...and take care out in the cold...
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