Volunteer Sundays 2015-16 - Friends of the River Crane Environment

2015-16 Volunteer Sunday Programme
Date	Location	Activities
11th October 2015	Craneford Field West and Rifle Club Directions	General maintenance Woodchipping path in Triangle Path restoration in CFW Clearing round trees in CFW
8th November 2015	Crane Park at the Mill Road entrance Directions	General maintenance Maintain hedge by allotments Woodchipping paths Removing ivy from fruit trees in OS River clean-up downstream and upstream River clean-up by back stream weir Tidy up riverbank opposite bench
13th December 2015	Crane Park and Crane Park Island Directions (CPI) meet by the Shot Tower	Willow pollarding Clear scrub from archaeology River clean-up
10th January 2016	Willow Way child-friendly day Directions	Improve cleared open space by HBR Maintain path Remove ivy from apple trees Planting on cleared area by river Help with screening/dead hedge at A316 end
14th February 2016	Crane Park (Hospital Bridge Road to Meadway) Directions	Hedge planting in gaps Maintenance of existing hedge Laying hedge Maintenance of scrapes River clear-up
13th March 2016 22nd March 2016	Butts Farm Directions	"Volunteer Sunday" - now re-scheduled it for Tuesday 22^nd March World Water Day. There will be at least a couple of Trustees there but we will have tools for more and we will be coppicing sycamores to open up the view of the river as well as mulching the hedges and hazel. Meet us at the dragonfly terrace from 10-30am – all welcome
10th April 2016	Pevensey Road Nature Reserve Directions	Work plan includes: clearing bramble and self-set saplings to restore open meadow; brush removal from cleared orchard area; ivy removal from poplars; path woodchipping and the usual litter pick.
8th May 2016	Mereway Nature Park and the lower Duke of Northumberlands River. Directions	This area is undergoing some really positive improvement as a result of the Borough’s investment of GLA funds. Take a look for yourselves and Jjoin in. Activities include: - planting young trees along the railway line and the newly laid DNR path; - dead hedging to provide an environmentally friendly barrier between the Nature Reserve and the DNR path; and - woodchipping the outdoor classroom.
12th June 2016	Crane Park, Lincoln Field Directions	The Balsam Bash - Removal of Himalayan Balsam from the river bank and replanting with marginal plants.

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