Having attended the Learning through Landscapes conference on Wildlife Gardening this last week I’ve been inspired to write on that topic for this months blog. Always something that has been a passion in my life, combining gardens with habitats and feeding grounds for wildlife of all kinds is both a delight and a challenge. I […]
Many years ago when I was working at a college in South Wales, I had the role of leading courses in wildflower and wildlife friendly gardening. On one occasion, we visited some beautiful meadows on the edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park that had been untouched by modern farming. It was early June and […]
When we first bought our fields in 2005, the hedges had been trimmed using a flail mower. We decided to let them grow for a few years before implementing our plan to use traditional hedge laying to improve their value for wildlife. We learned the importance of using the right tools and some bought in […]
At this time of year it can sometimes seem to be a race to get all the jobs that you thought you had all winter to achieve done before its over. By the first week of March most trees will either be bursting their buds or well on the way. At this time, the sap […]
In winter the woodland is relatively dormant. The fallen leaves are slowly rotting down and their litter provides a mulch (or soil cover) that naturally suppresses herbaceous plant growth that would otherwise compete with the trees in the growth season for nutrients and water. This soil cover also keeps in the moisture whilst providing a […]
2018 An eventful year… successfully handing over the directorship of Cambium Sustainable to Sam Goddard took place at the end of July and since then we have been juggling winding up commitments to students as well as getting more involved with OLR in terms of product development and market presence (still a long learning curve […]