Green Space Developments in Ruyton XI Towns 2013
We need you to get involved with improvements and on green spaces in your area. Some of these have opportunities for you to get your hands dirty and join other people from your community in making a difference. In other projects we will need your views and comments to make them as successful as possible. So please read on!
In the first half of 2013 there are a number of planned improvements and projects
Queens Jubilee Tree Planting at the Spinney Doctors Meadow
The poplar trees In the Spinney have reached maturity and need to be felled. The Parish Council have asked for space for a Jubilee planting site so we decided to combine the two!
The Spinney will be felled and the area will be cleared ready for planting a new native woodland for people and wildlife.
This is where you come in! Volunteers will be needed to plant 500 new trees in February. If we get 50 volunteers that’s only 10 trees each.
If you would be interested in getting involved talk to me or the Parish Council or keep an eye out for more information.
Doctors Meadow
We have a number of ideas for improvements on this site
- Creating a willow arch as part of the play area. This will create a new, living, space for children to explore and also act as a windbreak to prevent the sand blowing out of the sand pit and disappearing across the field
- Improved surfacing for the running track
- A new welcome panel giving people information on what is here and who to contact to report issues
We need to raise grant funds to carry out these projects and others and will be looking to involve people from the community. We will also be consulting with local people on the details.
Bridge Inn Fields
The new maintenance regime for this site has begun and should become more noticeable over the course of the year with hay meadows new tree planting and benches in place.
I will be inviting people who live locally to form a ‘friends’ group in the near future to help with things like the tree planting and to look at a range of other opportunities to improve the site such as interpretation and sowing wildflower seed.
If you are interested in being involved please contact me
Clive Dean
Countryside and Green Space Officer, Shropshire Council
01743 255909
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