Now that the season for woodland work is passed, one task that is possible is the creation and maintenance of wildflower meadows. Two sessions took place to enlarge the wildflower area created at Jubilee Wood. Most of the meadow is composed of rather rank and coarse grass, but now a small corner of the meadow is flower-rich. Volunteers from Cisco and a group of our Duke of Edinburgh students and their parents helped to double the size of the wildflower area. With any luck, by late summer, the area will be awash with flowers and butterflies.
Cisco volunteers get to work expanding the wildflower area.
The group, looking rightly satisfied with their afternoon's work.
A few days later, D of E students and their parents enlarge the patch still further.
Once the hard digging has been done to remove nutrient-rich topsoil, the ground is raked and levelled ready for seed.
Seed is mixed with a little sand to assist spreading.
By late summer, this muddy patch may look like the area below.
The existing meadow area photographed in summer 2013.
Despite a recent dry spell, the wood remains water-logged and blooming with marsh marigolds.
Stichwort can be found growing alongside the main pathway.
An old balloon, perhaps an escapee from Chessington World of Adventures, litters the woodland.
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