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A wildlife garden continues to develop

April 24, 2016 by Julian

Today we were back at Chorlton Water Park to continue work on the new wildlife garden being created here in conjunction with the RSPB.  We planted a few wildlife-friendly trees and shrubs and finished building a flowerbed mound where our plantings included flowers such as cowslip and ox-eye daisy.  We then helped finish the bog garden around the new pond – and added wetland plants such as marsh marigold, water avens, ragged robin and flowering rush.

It was good to see the willow arch (which we constructed in December) looking healthy and sprouting well, fulfilling its function as the entrance to this developing wildlife area!

Volunteers at work
Volunteers at work
Volunteer at work
Volunteer at work
A canine volunteer supervises
A canine volunteer supervises
Volunteers at work 2
Volunteers at work 2
Marsh marigolds etc. in the new bog garden
Marsh marigolds etc. in the new bog garden
Cowslips, ox-eye daisies etc.
Cowslips, ox-eye daisies etc.

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