UPDATE: TUESDAY 20th JUNE
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WE BATTLE ON, next Tuesday (27th) …
We made a great start today with an excellent turnout of members, but unfortunately lightning put a stop to things. The torrential rain that followed was welcome for our gardens and verges — but it could have waited till we got home!
Please let me know if you can make a rescheduled session. Meet at 10am next Tuesday 27th June on Church Road at the start of the track down to Priory Wood, where there is parking for several cars. We found the best tool to use is a hedge trimmer, plus maybe shears and secateurs for the thicker stems. No bags needed.
Looking forward to hearing from our members — and indeed from anyone else who would like "to protect and enhance the environment and amenities in and around our village for the benefit of residents, visitors and wildlife".
All the best,
Derek Walduck on behalf of GreenSnape Committee
e: derek.walduck@btinternet.com
You can read more about GreenSnape at https://snapevillage.info/what/gs.
POSTED ON 2nd JUNE, 2023
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Our verges are suffering from an invasion of introduced plants. The Romans brought Alexanders over here as a food plant — we don't know anyone who's tried it — and now they are everywhere. Although Alexanders are useful for some insect species, it's unhealthy for one species to dominate, especially one that crowds out our native wildflowers. It would be good to reduce the number of Alexanders before they set seed in early July, so we at GreenSnape are leaping into action shortly.
Please let us know if you can help. We'll meet at the Village Hall at 10am on Tuesday 20th June. You'll need to bring gardening gloves, shears or secateurs and a black bag or two. If anyone has a rechargeable hedge cutter, they work well for cutting down individual plants. We should be finished easily by midday.
In the meantime, you can read about what we do here, and/or contact us here.
Derek Walduck,
Chair, GreenSnape