Flora enhancement project

 

 

 

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Group members and young helpers planting an oak tree to mark

Antrobus being voted Cheshire Vibrant Village of the year 2006

 

The group has now completed its 5-year flora project, for which it received the Cheshire Countryside Award 2003. To date 180 trees have been planted alongside roads and public rights of way. It is encouraging to see individual landowners also planting trees since the project began. Bluebells, primroses, red campion and other native wildflowers have been established in suitable locations. In 2007 trees, flowers and hedging were planted along a former ancient highway now part of an 8 km themed walk (The Boyd Walk) in Antrobus. Maintenance of this flora takes up much of the group’s time. We are now (October 2009) preparing to plant trees along the northernmost 100m of Public Footpath Antrobus 1. This has been fenced by the land owners and should develop into a nice avenue of native trees and provide shade for their horses.

Many of the trees used have been provided by Cheshire Landscape Trust, Mersey Forest and the local wholesale nursery, Wm. Boosey Ltd.

 

Nesting boxes were erected last winter along the Boyd Walk and a survey is now to be done to establish how many were occupied and to clean them out where necessary.

 

 

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