Green-fingered residents give garden a facelift
The garden at an over 55’s housing scheme in Fordingbridge has taken on a new lease of life thanks to its residents and housing association.
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Plantlife receive backing from National Lottery to build coastal woodlands’ resilience
A new Plantlife-led project to save and protect ancient trees and coastal woodlands has been backed by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Portuguese man o’ war wash up on Dorset beaches
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) has received sightings of the Portuguese man o’ war being found washed up on Chesil, Kimmeridge and Charmouth beaches this week.
Allot of prizes for Ringwood’s green-fingered residents
Awards have been presented to the winners of the Ringwood 2017 Allotment Competition.
Bin Your Butt campaign gathers momentum in Ferndown
After Ferndown was identified as having specific issues with cigarette-related litter, Litter Free Dorset’s Bin your Butt campaign turned up in the town centre on 26 September to give out a clear message to smokers.
Waste Less, Save More is new Poole mission
Borough of Poole council has secured nearly £50,000 funding for the Sainsbury’s food waste project Waste Less, Save More.
Back-to-back shouts for Poole lifeboats
Both Poole lifeboats launched together on 11 September at 2.10pm, to a report of vessel aground at Whitley Lake off Sandbanks Road and were soon on the scene.
Over 9,000 badgers could be killed this year in Dorset despite advice that culling is unlikely to reduce bovine TB
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) has announced that it is shocked and saddened to hear that the areas where badger culling will take place in Dorset this year will be substantially increased despite scientific advice that it is unlikely to have a meaningful effect in reducing bovine tuberculosis (bTB).
Conference celebrates the ash tree in Dorset and Wiltshire before it’s too late
The beautiful ash tree, which has proved so vital to human society down the ages, could soon disappear from the British Isles altogether due to Chalara, ash dieback disease, and the Springhead Trust is running a six-day celebration of the tree in Dorset and Wiltshire before it’s too late.
No gunpowder, no treason, but an abandoned plot in Ferndown
Green-fingered volunteers have set about transforming an abandoned allotment plot in Ferndown for the use of those living with dementia.