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Conservation Care

Think!

1 Do you have a conservation area in your school grounds?

2 Is it well managed?

3 Would you like advice or help with practical management?

4 Would you like to create a conservation area?

5 Would you like to extend, improve or make more use of your conservation area?

Act now

Contact Daws Hall 01787 269766. Ask for advice on the phone or arrange for a member of our staff to visit your school, do a site inspection and discuss your needs.

Once a habitat is created in the grounds of a school it needs management to ensure it stays in good condition.

The Essex Outdoor team offer a practical conservation maintenance service and management advice to ensure your conservation area flourishes to benefit staff, pupils and wildlife. e.g.

All trees and hedge plants grow best if kept weed free in the first few years of their lives.
Hedge plants may die if smothered by coarse grasses and weeds.
Trees, especially fruit trees, may need to be pruned, have dead wood removed and stakes and ties checked to maintain healthy growth as well as the required size and shape.
Willows are fast growing trees. Producing a tunnel, dome or sculpture requires weaving, tying in, shaping or pruning at least once a year.
A wildflower area left unmanaged will revert to coarse grasses and dominant invasive plants resulting in a loss of more attractive and beneficial species

Pond

Essex Outdoors is a professional member of ‘Learning Through Landscapes’ (www.ltl.org.uk).

See also School Grounds

Duration:

Half day or whole day in the appropriate season

Venue:

School grounds

Offered by:

Daws Hall and Pelham

Cost:

£75 pus travel expenses for half day
£175 plus travel expenses for a whole day
Additional charges may apply if working with larger groups of children and therefore involving more staff

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Aiming High - Click here for further information

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Calendar of Events:

Sep 2010

Essex County Council