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TWIGS Community Garden Lydiard Park Walled Garden Open Day
National Garden Scheme Sunday 29 July, 11am to 5pm
Open Day £2.50; senior £2; child £1
Sunday 15 July, 1pm to 5pm All proceeds to National Garden Scheme charities
Admission £3; children free
Wiltshire Wildlife Trust Boosting wildflowers in the West
Golden Gardens Open Day
Sunday 29 July, 11am to 4pm A group of staff from the Science Research Council spent a day in late Jill Blackwood
Admission £2; children free May digging up nettles and planting wildflowers at Peatmoor Glades
Tree & Shrub Pruning | Planting wildflower meadow working with John Ball of The Haven Flowers
Tree Removal | Hedge Cutting On both days: Wildflower nursery & Butterflies Project.
Woodland Management Swindon & District Bee Keepers
Disease & Insect Control Plants and crafts for sale Pictured in the glades, from left, Bernie Feeney, Sue Hemmings, Emmeline Hamson,
For a free quote please contact your local Live music, refreshments, Debbie Tomlinson, Cheryl Norcross, Mandy Saunders, Sian Fairnie and Claire Crilly
arborist Tara Fraser children’s activities
01793 213 579 TWIGS (Therapeutic Work in
[email protected] Gardening in Swindon), Manor
www.bartlett.com Garden Centre, Cheney Manor

Chelworth
Landscapes
Fencing & Garden Maintenance
• Fencing and gates
Closeboard, trellis, panels,
picket, chainlink, security etc
• Landscaping
Shingle, paving, water features,
turfing and planting
• Garden maintenance
Grasscutting, tree and shrub
pruning, clearance etc. North primary proud to win
Eco-Schools Green Flag
For free quotation phone
(01793) 702029
www.chelworthlandscapes.co.uk Catherine Wayte Primary School in Abbey Meads has achieved the
Eco-Schools Gold standard and can now fly the coveted Green Flag.
In the inspection
the assessor Melanie
Bough commented
that the school’s
eco-team is very
knowledgeable and
enthusiastic whilst
the staff are com-
mitted to embed-
ding the eco-schools
ethos throughout
the school.
She admired the
huge array of solar
panels on the school
roof which she said
was a very good ex-
ample of renewable
energy and pro-
vides an excellent
resource for maths
Manor Garden Centre and science study.
Cheney Manor, Swindon She was impressed Eco-team members with Catherine Wayte
01793 526691 with the well cared headteacher Laura Brierley with eco-club coordinators
for school grounds
Open 7 days a week and how different Beth Watts and Jim Brierley
eco-projects are monitored and Bronze and Silver awards so quickly.
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evaluated. “‘We showed her the solar pow-
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Quality TGB garden Following the assessment, eco- ered aerator that keeps the pond
team members Alex Todd, Jessica clean and fresh. We took her to
buildings for any situation Notter and Jasmine George issued the hall and she admired the book
a statement: ‘Finding out that we about the solar panel charts. When
Bespoke sizes available had got the Green Flag award was we took her to the scooter pods she
Base laying a privilege to the school and the was impressed by the fact that it
eco-warriors. made the school tidier.
& installation ‘We enjoyed showing the visitor ‘When she left she thanked us for
available around the school and she loved the the things we showed her.’
wildlife area as much as we do. She The school is now seeking plan-
www.conservatorycentres.co.uk was amazed the school had got their ning permission to erect a flag pole.

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