by Friends of Sherwood Heath | Jul 9, 2022 | Environment, Sherwood
The Friends of Sherwood Heath have done quite a lot in the last three months or so. They have spring-cleaned the Heath, had volunteering meetings on it, a bat walk, a butterfly and moth walk, had a management walk, listened to the dawn chorus, had another bat walk and...
by Bob Murray | Jun 24, 2022 | Community Focus, Environment, Heritage, Sherwood
Sherwood Heath is not just the heath but much, much more. For the last 20 years or so it has also included Rotary Wood.The wood is named after those who created it, namely the Rotary Club District 1220 as part of their Millennium project. At a meeting in August 1998,...
by Sherwood Forest Friends of the Earth | Jun 20, 2022 | Environment, Sherwood
We can all help the environment by making sustainable choices. It is easy to feel helpless when faced with worrying statistics about rising temperatures, sea levels and carbon emissions. We might ask ourselves why should we reduce, reuse and recycle while global...
by Edwinstowe in Bloom | Jun 5, 2022 | Environment, Notice, Sherwood
Edwinstowe is known as Robin Hood’s Village – a historic village in the heart of Sherwood Forest. Residents are rightly proud of their lovely, friendly village. The High Street, with the support of local businesses, is a picture every year with the beautiful floral...
by Bob Murray | May 27, 2022 | Environment, Sherwood
Last time I wrote about the birch tree, one of the most overlooked and underrated trees in this area but in reality one of the most attractive and important of our local trees. This month I thought I would continue in similar vein by writing about another such tree,...
by Sherwood Forest Friends of the Earth | May 22, 2022 | Environment, Sherwood
Have you noticed how many of the fruit and vegetables sold in our stores are grown in other countries? We import 44% of vegetables and 84% of our fruit, worth around £6.4 billion a year! Whilst most of our imported veg comes from the EU, our fruit comes from all over...
