Earth Trust’s land management volunteers share their time and passion to help care for our natural green spaces for everyone to enjoy. Steve is a butterfly counter and Volunteer Warden at Wallingford Castle Meadows.
You may have seen Earth Trust volunteers out and about at our places, but we’re also fortunate to work with individuals who give up their time to support our office-based teams. This week we caught up with Julia, who works with Volunteer Officer Nicola as a clerical and administration support.
At Earth Trust, most of our hedges are maintained by volunteers who lay them every few years. Although the process might look destructive, their work will allow our hedges to thrive for generations to come. In this post, volunteer Paul tells us more.
Around the Earth Trust Farm, community reserves and even in our car parks you may notice that many of our hedges are “laid”. We spoke to three of our hedgelaying volunteers, Bill, Martin and Mike, to find out more.
Over the winter months our green spaces go through dramatic changes. It can appear to be a quieter time where, like nature, we can hunker down until the warmer days of spring. In fact, the autumn and winter months can be some of our busiest, with activities like hedgelaying best done at this time. So, what might you see if you’re visiting over the next few weeks, and why are we doing it?
Earlier this year Nikki, who supports the Earth Trust Education Team, shared her story with other volunteers. To mark Volunteers’ Week we asked if we can share her inspiring story again here for more people to read – we hope you enjoy it.
Volunteers’ Week is a time to reflect on what volunteering means to us. Bill Clinton once said that ‘volunteering is an act of heroism on a grand scale’ that ‘matters profoundly’. This is true for Earth Trust as it is for many organisations and individuals across the country.
Senior Warden Tim Read joined Earth Trust in May last year. Reflecting on his first six months, Tim wanted to thank all of our volunteers for their hard work and support in 2018.
Crassula Helmsii or New Zealand Pygmy Weed has been putting the delicate balance of biodiversity at the River of Life at risk. Led by our land management team, a fantastic team of volunteers has been working to hinder it’s progress.
