News
| Biological Controls | You can now buy biological controls from some homebase stores. Orders will be delivered to you within 7 days. To check which stores are offering this ring 0845 980 1800 |
| Organic Food | If you want organic food then The Organic Directory 2000/2001 is now available from the Soil Association. Available from bookshops or by mail order on 0117 929 0661 and costs £7.95 plus £1 p&p |
| New Nature Reserve | Eatock
Lodge in Westhoughton is to become the town's first nature reserve. Residents
with help from The Lancashire Wildlife Trust intend to form a management committee to help
run the site. Anyone interested should contact the Trust on 01204 361847 |
| Garden Birdwatch | This is a project run by the British Trust for Ornithology. It aims to increase our understanding of garden birds. Volunteers record the species and numbers of birds seen in their gardens each week. For details write to: Garden Birdwatch, British Trust for Ornithology, The Nunnery, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 2 PU |
| Climate Change Survey | A survey is to be carried out on the impact of climate change on gardens. The Goverment's UK Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP) will work in partnership with the National Trust to predict changes over the next 40 years. For details call the UKCIP on 01865 432076 |
| National Trust says no to Peat | The Trust voted at it's AGM to stop using peat in it's historic gardens. The move will be phased in over the next two years |
| Green Recycling | The
household waste disposal tip at Raikes Lane is now taking green rubbish separately.
The main disposal area has been divided in two. One area is now for garden waste,
soil, grass cuttings, prunings, xmas trees etc. Once processed
this waste will be used to improve the top soil on landfills and reclaimed land. This is a pilot project so it's long term future will be dependant on your support
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| Millennium Trees | Bolton
Journal - 4/11/99 Every primary child in Bolton is to get the chance to plant their own tree to mark the millennium. More than 25,000 trees are to be planted as part of a £50,000 scheme by Leisure Services to create 10 new woodland areas across the town. Children between 7 & 11 will be invited to weekend sessions to plant trees. Three areas each the size of several football pitches have been earmarked fore this season and the remaning seven will be planted up in autumn 2000 and spring 2001
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| More trees | Gardeners
World Magazine - Nov 1999 The charity Groundwork has teamed up with Granada road services to transform 40 motorway service stations. Over the next five years more than a million native trees will be planted at service stations and in community woodlands.
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| Prince backs plantlife | Gardeners
World Magazine - Nov 1999 The Prince of Wales has agreed to become the patron of Plantlife. The wild plant conservation society. For further details of the society ring 0171 808 0100
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| Dealing with Slugs | Gardeners
World Magazine - September 1999 A new leaflet is available from the Henry Doubleday Research Association called "On the trail of the slug". lists dozens of organic ways to protect your plants from slugs. For a copy send two first class stamps to HDRA, Ryton Organic Gardens, Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Coventry, CV8 3LG
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| National Trust disabled visitors | Gardeners
World Magazine - Sept 1999 The Trust has produced a leaflet for visitors with disabilities. For a free copy send an SAE with a 1st class stamp to The National Trust, Freepost MB 1438, Bromley, Kent, BR1 3BR
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| Urban Bloom Project | Gardeners
World Magazine - August 1999 the Tidy Britain Group has launched the new Urban bloom Project. To transform town and inner city areas. The initiative offers grants to local residents to work together to improve their environment. Examples are putting up hanging baskets on each house in a street, tackling litter or setting up recycling and composting schemes. The grants of around £500 each are intended to help towards the cost of buying tools, seeds and other essentials For an information pack ring Freefone 0800 783 7838
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| Butterfly Survey | Gardeners
World Magazine - July 1999 Gardeners are being asked to help in this national survey. The Millennium Survey organised by Butterfly Conservation and the Institute of Terrestial Ecology aims to provide an accurate picture of buttefly numbers and distribution. You don't need to be an expert to take part. For details, send an A4 sae with a 31p stamp to
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| Tree Wardens | Gardeners
World Magazine - July 1999 The Tree Council has set up a scheme to allow volunteers to become tree wardens. To protect trees in their local area. Work undertaken ranges from organised tree plantings to surveying woodland. Training is provided For more information write to:
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| New Forests | The Bolton Journal, 1/4/99 "Two sites in the Bolton and Bury area have been earmarked as potential new forests. A report by the Mersey and Red Rose forests says old landfill sites are ideal to be turned into new community woodlands. The sites at Hall Lane / Hacken Lane, Darcy Lever and Carr Clough, Prestwich will become huge woodlands in the new millennium. Local communities will be consulted about how the sites should be transformed in the next few years" |
| Alien Pond Invaders | BBC
Gardeners World Magazine, May 1999 The Environment Agency has issued a warning for water garden enthusiasts to avoid four alien pond species that have escaped from private gardens and are beginning to clog some waterways. They are Crassula helmsii, Myriophyllum aquaticum, Azolla filiculoides and Hydrocotyle ranunculoides. |