WOODLAND IMPROVEMENT AWARD
Tidy Wales Award 2011 for Woodland
Improvement
Girlguiding Caernarfonshire have been awarded the Environment Wales ‘Tidy Wales Award 2011’ for Woodland Improvement.
We have been working on a Forestry Commission ‘Better Woodlands for Wales’ project for the past 4 years in the 7 acres of ancient, native woodland surrounding Felin Bach. We have cleared 6 acres of impenetrable laurel and bramble, created 400 metres of wheelchair friendly footpaths throughout the woods and a boardwalk through the boggy area which has never been accessed before, we’ve planted over 400 metres of hedging plants and 50 trees, cleared the stream of litter and debris and added a few nesting boxes for bugs and birds.
The award is as much our partners as it ours for without the help of Welsh Baccalaureate students from Coleg Menai and BTCV we would not have been able to accomplish so much or to fulfil the time scale set by the project. Nor would we have saved our woodland without the support of Environment Wales, The Forestry Commission, Tidy Wales, Trees for All and CSV who not only provided funding towards the work and tools but hedging plants and trees, publicity and expert help when needed too.
Plans for the future include the creation of a nature trail to include more nesting boxes and animal homes and to add an orienteering course and other outdoor activities to encourage outdoor play and learning.
