A SECRET garden in the heart of St Davids will be opened up to the community following an exciting collaboration between EcoDewi and St Davids Cathedral. EcoDewi is a community group committed to working with locals, other groups and organisations across the peninsula to improve the environment for both people and wildlife. When they began volunteering sessions to uncover the garden, last November, they couldn t get into it because it was so overgrown but soon they realised the scale and potential of what could be achieved. It was like The Secret Garden when we first managed to clear our way into this fabulous space! said Reverend Sophie Whitmarsh, the project lead for St Davids Cathedral.
MORE than 6,300 trees and 600 metres of important wildlife hedge have been planted in the North of Denbighshire in the last four months, with funding from Natural Resources Wales and Welsh Government. As part of the PLANT and Well Connected projects the trees have been planted in the area between Kinmel Bay and Gronant, including at a number of schools. Finished hedge Ysgol Christchurch The planting was carried out by Denbighshire County Council’s Countryside Ranger Service and officers from Keep Wales Tidy. Cllr Tony Thomas, Denbighshire County Council s Lead Member for Housing and Communities, said: “These native trees have been planted in clusters and hedgelines to build up the green corridor through the area which will form an important habitat for local wildlife.
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A WREXHAM group has been given a financial boost thanks to a new garden scheme. Over the past year, green spaces have been more important than ever, allowing residents to reconnect, focus and relax. Now, Incredible Edible Wrecsam has given nature and the local community a boost thanks to a new garden scheme from environmental charity Keep Wales Tidy. ‘Local Places for Nature’ development packages include free training, advice, practical help and support to install new green spaces, as well as tools, materials and equipment to care for them long-term. Incredible Edible Wrecsam have created a large-scale food growing area on Price s Lane allotment in Rhosddu, Wrexham with the Keep Wales Tidy Local Places For Nature package.
PLANS to use mobile cameras to catch and fine fly-tippers in Wrexham have received the green light. It follows a sharp spike in the number of people dumping rubbish down country lanes and other locations across the county borough during the coronavirus pandemic. Figures covering the months between April and September last year show there were 877 reports of fly-tipping in the area, compared to 491 over the same period in 2019. Senior councillors have now approved measures to deploy cameras to litter hot-spots to catch offenders out. It will result in anyone found responsible for abandoning rubbish being hit with a fine of up to £400.