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38 The Link Magazine • October 2003

LAWNHOPPERS NEED HELP Planning your plot on Priory Vale
Moving into a new home is a very busy time, especially once the boxes
grasscutting WITH YOUR are unpacked and the rooms arranged, and your attention turns to the
A grasscutting GARDEN? garden. But what can you do with your new patch of turf or bare earth?
service for On Tuesday 7 October, 7pm to wildlife and will best provide col-
9pm, at the Priory Vale Visitor our throughout the year.
both large and Winter tidy up! Centre on Thamesdown Drive, The workshop will compliment
small gardens Wiltshire Wildlife Trust is running the sustainable gardening infor-
Pruning, planting
a gardening workshop to give mation pack produced by the trust
Weekly, fortnightly or monthly visits Ornamental gravel s home owners advice on how to on behalf of Priory Vale to help
All machinery supplied to keep All types of fencing turn a new garden into an eco- home owners make their gardens
your garden neat and tidy friendly haven for all the family. wildlife friendly.
No job too smaller ,, :_ Maggie MacDonald, author of The pack is available as a pdf file
All rubbish removed
Full garden maintenance Call for a free quote the new green gardening website from www.prioryvale.com.
produced by the Royal Horticul- To book a place at the work-
service available -- John & Ann Wadsworth
tural Society and the Wildlife shop, call Catherine Rice, Swin-
Tel: 704204 01666 860400 Trusts described the workshop as don Sustainability Officer for Wilt-
a chance to discuss design ideas shire Wildlife Trust, on 526244 or
and which plants are beneficial to mail: [email protected]
'411, ' , Tel: 855800 Fax: 840139
e: [email protected] Leisure garden for disabled people
Unit 23 & 24 Oaklands Ind. Estate Although the allotments provided by the Haydon Wick Parish Coun-
' Braydon, Swindon cil are fully taken up, with a waiting list for any plots which become
available, there is still space where the council would like to provide
Local family business offering a FITTING SERVICE OR SUPPLY ONLY to trade & DIY
a plot made especially accessible for and workable by a disabled
Closed Board/Panel or Picket Fencing
person.
Pressure injected timber treatment
Before taking this initiative further the council would like to hear
Advice, repairs & refurbishment service from registered disabled residents of the parish who might be inter-
on all fencing matters
ested. Call 722446 for details.
• Made to measure gates
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Cutting down trees for conservation!
" Delivery service
^: N„ Free home Community open day at Peatmoor Copse
quotations Sunday 5 October, 10am to 2pm. Coppicing displays, guided walks,
and discover how you can help preserve an ancient woodland
Peatmoor Community Woodland is part of the ancient Braydon
Forest, once a royal hunting ground, writes Liz Emerson.
We know it is 'ancient' because of logically this is disastrous as grass
THE TIMBER the number and type of species of and plant clippings act like a mulch
www.limberdeckingco.co.uk plant growing in the wood. It is and kill off everything underneath.
DECKING COMPANY
managed using the woodland man- There are also those who leave
Iil LTD agement y{ ^y sweet wrappers, crisp packets,
technique ! (J beer cans and plastic bottles.
a Your complete called copp- I t On Sunday 5 October, be-
-- TIMBER DECKING icing where r tween 10am and 2pm, we are
trees are cut inviting you to discover a re-
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Specialist down to the markable green area right in
ground in a i the middle of urban develop-
specific way, r, ment. Volunteers will be show-
during the ing how trees are coppiced, giv-
winter ing guided walks and talking
months. about the woodland.
They then Use the car
O Timber Decking grow again parks on either
from around the base, or stool, side of Peatmoor
0 Easy Assemble ';rowing several feet tall each Lagoon, at
Customised Decking season. This cutting back in- Peatmoor Vil-
creases the life span of the lage Centre or off
Kits trees, and opens up the Peatmoor Way.
canopy, letting in light which Walk east to-
D Tanalised Timber
in turn brings to life wards the copse
wildflowers such as bluebells. r -, and look for
O Pergolas, Arbours
In the past the cut wood was signs.
& Gazebos used for many purposes. Wear sturdy
6 Brindley Close The work is now all done by vol- shoes. Children must be accompa-
0 Decorative
Cheney Manor unteers who, over the last 17 years, nied by a responsible adult, and un-
Aggregates have also created a circular nature fortunately there is no disabled ac-
Industrial Estate
trail through the wood so you can cess. There are no toilets.
0 Ornamental Fencing Swindon SN2 2YW observe the variety of fauna and The woodland management
r 01793 488899 flora at different times of year. group meets at 10am on the first
Sunday of every month. All the
One of the biggest threats nowa-
visa
days is from flytippers, people who tools are provided and full train-
really think it is OK to dump gar- ing is given. Ask a volunteer about
Open: Monday - Friday 9ani - 6pm; Saturday 9am - 5pm
den rubbish into the wood. Eco- joining the group.