Community Garden report
Community Garden Update September 2022 Since last writing, there has been wonderful, life-giving rain! Browns have become green, new shoots have appeared, and the rural landscape has been visibly refreshed. The Community Garden has been completely rejuvenated – both...
September Sunrise in Sarratt
Thank you Nick Mortimer for sharing your early bird photography. Much appreciated.
River Chess Update
River Chess Update I have just received the following statement from Richard Aylard of Thames Water: “Re the plant at Chesham – the key facts are: 1. Increase in treatment capacity from 240 litres per second to 353 litres per second. Construction has started and is...
Sarratt wildlife volunteers
Sarratt Wildlife Volunteers Sunday 12th was a perfect June morning, not too hot, sunny with fluffy white clouds above. The Foxgloves and Red Campion were blooming, birds were singing and it was a pleasure to be out. We were at Commonwood on a search and destroy...
Community Garden report
Community Garden Update July 22 July has been a mixed month in the garden. The temperate, moderate summer that we had experienced from May, through June and until around the 10th of July gave way to a raging, scorching beast of a heatwave, which caused leaves to...
Community Garden June
Community Garden June 22 Update What a fantastic month to be a grower this has been – plenty of rain, lovely warm temperatures day and night, and not too many scorchers. Everything is growing at an extraordinary pace in the community garden and allotment – weeds...
Spotted in Sarratt
Thank you to Malcolm Coles for sharing the shot of a Barn Owl spotted in the field behind the Sarratt Post Office. Really good to see!!
Community Garden February update
COMMUNITY GARDEN FEBRUARY UPDATE January has been a varied month in the SCG – bitterly cold days with brittle frosts and painful fingers; mild, wet and cloudy days reminiscent of Autumn; and the occasional glorious moment of mood-lifting sunshine. At a glance, nothing...
Sarratt Wildlife Volunteers
Sarratt Wildlife Volunteers On Sunday January 9th we were again working at Quickmoor Pond. The weather was dry and quite fair after a drenching Saturday, and we were very pleased that several of the local residents turned out to help so there were about 15 of us. We...
The Queen’s Green Canopy – a fabulous nationwide tree planting initiative
The Queen’s Green Canopy – a fabulous nationwide tree planting initiative In 2022, it will be our Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, and it is being celebrated in what I would consider to be the best of ways: by planting trees across the nation. Trees are the green anchors of...