The "Secret Garden" - Styal 9th March

Nine volunteers turned out to help get the "secret garden" ready for its official opening.

We completed a small fencing job, in the top corner of the garden and some general tidying / raking.

Hazel found herself a good seat overlooking the fencing work.

It will be interesting to watch how this garden unfolds in the next few years.

Two teams at Dunham Massey (2 March)

Ten volunteers turned out at Dunham Massey, and tackled two completely different task.

6 volunteers and a warden continued with the hedge that was started in January finishing approximately 20 more yards, while 5 others and a Gardener worked in the Garden.

There is a project to create a new winter garden and Dunham Massey to be formally opened next year. The paths have been laid, but there were some problems with soil levels around them. When we left there was more work to be done - but visible progress had been made.

Strangford Lock (Nothern Ireland)

Fourteen volunteers (some from Manchester and some from Ireland) travelled to Strangford Lough in Northern Ireland for the weekend of 23 and 24th Feb. They put in over 150 hours of work, litter picking and hedge laying. The weather prevented the planned task on islands in the lough, but the volunteers enjoyed their time anyway.