Gatwick Greenspace Partnership Conservation volunteer tasks April to September (inclusive) 2023. Park and meet at 0945 for a 10am start. June August
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NEXT TASK DATE – SUNDAY 14th DECEMBER 2025
Just a reminder that our last task of the year is this coming Sunday (14th December) when we will be working at the community orchard in The Fieldings, Horley. The main jobs will be coppicing some of the mature Hazel stems by the fence, protecting the fruit trees from further Deer damage, Winter maintenance/pruning and…
Horley Conservation Group Back in business after Covid restrictions eased – June 20th 2021
Thank you to Judith and Trevor W, Ian P, Maggie H, David and Mariotte H and Richard F, for joining in on a somewhat damp Summer’s morning…we’re pleased to say that we didn’t find much Himalayan balsam along the southern edge of the Burstow Stream at Tanyard Meadows this month and the patches that we did…
Riverfly Invertebrate Monitoring Workshop
Group training activity to enable local conservation volunteers to monitor water quality in our rivers and streams Under the leadership of a Riverfly instructor and support from members of the environmet agency and local wildlife trusts about 12 Horley Conservation Group volunteers put on their waders and took to the Gatwick Stream in search of…
Horley Conservation Group – 2019
Horley Conservation Group – 2019 Summary The Horley Conservation Group (HCG) maintained a full programme of monthly tasks designed to maintain and enhance some of the green spaces mainly around the North East sector of the town. This year the weather has been very kind to us and no tasks have had to be cancelled….
AGM Minutes 25th March 2019 (Unapproved)
Minutes of Horley Conservation Group (HCG) AGM6.00pm Monday 25th March 2019 Trinity Oaks CoE Primary School Present: Kevin Lerwill GGP (KL), Bill Chaffe-Secretary (BC), Samantha Marshall HTC (SM), Judith Walker (JW), Trevor Walker (TW), ), Mike Botcherby (MB), Maggie Heisse(MH), Catherine Baart (CB), Catherine McNab (CMc) Apologies: Jim Marsh, Valerie Marshall Minute Ref CONTENT Action…
Committee Minutes 07 Oct 2019 (Unapproved)
6.00pm Monday 07 October 2019 Trinity Oaks CoE Primary School Present: Kevin Lerwill GGP (KL), Bill Chaffe-Secretary (BC), Simon Marshall HTC (SiM),Maggie Heisse(MH), Catherine Baart (CB), Brian Seaman (BS), Bob Fromant (BF), Jan Spratt (JS). Apologies: David Watts, Ian Preddy and Jim Marsh 2019/27Minutes and Actions from AGM Meeting 25 March 2019: 2019/11 No confirmed information received to date…
Tanyard Meadows
Update on actions and plans of Reigate and Banstead Borough Council – December 2018 Subject: Tanyard Meadows The following updates relate to progress with the work at Tanyard Meadows as of December 2018 All the Meadows have now been cut – the Scrub field (Two Acre Meadow) and Fieldbank Drive land parcel (Common Field) have been…
What we do
Pond maintenance, control of unwanted vegetation e.g. Himalayan Balsam or Rhododendrons, hedgerow maintenance, litter picking, water quality monitoring of our local water courses Litter picking Coppicing Rubbish clearance Pond maintenance Control of unwanted vegetation Hedgerow maintenance All tasks meet at 0945 for 10am start. Please wear outdoor clothing and sturdy footwear. Tools and instruction provided. For details contact kevinlerwill@sussexwt.org.uk or…
Tree Health at Tanyard Pond
When we were working at Tanyard Pond recently, I noticed that one of the tall mature Beech Trees near the entrance was showing signs of fairly advanced internal decay This has since been confirmed by a local Mycologist as being Meripilus giganteus, a species of fungus which can attack the root crown and can make the tree…
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