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Growing Better Connections Autumn Events Calendar...Join Us!

Louise Cartwright

Sep 23
2 min

Growing Better Connections Autumn Events Calendar...Join Us!

Autumn portents longer nights and colder weather, but it also provides breathing space to focus activities in our homes and gardens....

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GBC

Sep 23
1 min

Growing Better Connections Update

We're Half way there! CARE's flagship landscape regeneration and community engagement project, Growing Better Connections, has arrived at...

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GBC Hedge Laying Course November 2021 - Application Form

Louise Cartwright

Aug 31
0 min

GBC Hedge Laying Course November 2021 - Application Form

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Louise Cartwright

Aug 26
2 min

Can't Scythe or Strim? Read on...

The Evolution of Nemesis by Marc Hayler We have a small area of wildflower meadow alongside our veg garden. It is species rich with...

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Hermon Waste and Recycling Centre in jeopardy - have your say NOW!

Sara Howell

Jul 29
3 min

Hermon Waste and Recycling Centre in jeopardy - have your say NOW!

Pembrokeshire Waste and Recycling Centres are facing changes to their operations and Hermon tip is at risk. Have your say - suggest...

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Adam Dawson

Jun 22
1 min

CLEAN rivers project on the Afon Nyfer

Survey completed and report ready We are excited to announce that Phase 1 of this project has now been completed. Thank you to all of the...

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New Permissive Path - leading to the Frenni Fawr Oak Woodland...

Louise Cartwright

Jun 3
2 min

New Permissive Path - leading to the Frenni Fawr Oak Woodland...

Does the walker choose the path, or the path the walker? An appropriate question posed by Garth Nix, and one to ask yourself when walking...

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Adam Dawson

Apr 13
2 min

Signs of Spring

The changing light extends every day, returning warmth that stirs the slumbering buds and quickens the soil bound seed to root. The...

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Louise Cartwright

Feb 11
3 min

Wonderful Woodlands & Heroic Hedgerows

Trees and Woodland ecosystems provide clean air, protection against flooding and store carbon. The array and collection of life found in...

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GBC

Feb 4
2 min

Making More Magnificent Meadows!

Up to 97% of flower-rich meadows have been lost in the last 90 years. Read on to find out how to restore and establish meadows in Wales.

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GBC

Feb 1
3 min

CLEAN rivers project on the Afon Nyfer

Do you live or work near the Afon Nyfer? Get involved in CLEAN - a local environmental project to look at the health of the river!

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Adam Dawson

Dec 8, 2020
5 min

Local Woods For Local People

Growing Better Connections have organised a series of events and two short films to showcase through shared experience, the many...

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Adam Dawson

Nov 25, 2020
1 min

Trees For Tegryn Coed I Degryn

Useful Links: There is a fun design tool that enables you to plant trees and watch them grow over 20 years. I used it to create the plan...

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Louise Cartwright

Nov 16, 2020
4 min

Citizen Science in Frenni Fawr Woods

Introducing Frenni Fawr Wood Frenni Fawr, known by some as Brynnan Mawr, is an iconic feature in the landscape of North East...

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Daniel

Jul 24, 2020
4 min

Are all wind turbines created equal?

Last October people living around Llanfyrnach will have noticed a new addition to the skyline. In just a single day, all the components...

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GBC

Jul 20, 2020
2 min

Nature Walks Gallery

This is where we will share pictures, comments or poems inspired by the walks. If you are looking for the maps or notes to accompany the...

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GBC

Jul 14, 2020
4 min

A load of old Balsam

By Adam Dawson

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GBC

Jul 2, 2020
3 min

The Humble, Bumbling, Bumble.

By Louise Cartwright

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GBC

Jun 22, 2020
4 min

Essential Insects

By Adam Dawson

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Growing Better Connections Autumn Events Calendar...Join Us!

Growing Better Connections Update

GBC Hedge Laying Course November 2021 - Application Form

Can't Scythe or Strim? Read on...

Hermon Waste and Recycling Centre in jeopardy - have your say NOW!

CLEAN rivers project on the Afon Nyfer

New Permissive Path - leading to the Frenni Fawr Oak Woodland...

Signs of Spring

Wonderful Woodlands & Heroic Hedgerows

Making More Magnificent Meadows!

CLEAN rivers project on the Afon Nyfer

Local Woods For Local People

Trees For Tegryn Coed I Degryn

Citizen Science in Frenni Fawr Woods

Are all wind turbines created equal?

Nature Walks Gallery

A load of old Balsam

The Humble, Bumbling, Bumble.

Essential Insects

I Follow the Swallow