Gallery

Completed bug hotel – increasing biodiversity within the orchard

Central hardstanding area for events

The original site – a wall and some grass

Willow domes in use

Russell Davies and Peter Holder edgerow planting

Prototyping the raised bed planters

Installing the fence

Great British Get Together

We needed a digger to help us dig the holes for the trees

Suited up for a bee inspection

Relaxing with a cuppa in the classroom

Putting in the first fence post

Planting trees with Farmilo

Sitting in the morning sun

Warmth and light in on a cold, dark winter’s eve

Opening ceremony

Winners of the Greenwood Community Forest “Team Endeavour” award

Great British Get Together

Opening Ceremony

Raised bed planters

Access ramp completed for the outdoor classroom

Building the willow domes

View from inside the living willow domes

Carols in the orchard

Ian Brown & Peter Holder during tree planting.

Pupils from Farmilo who helped plant trees

Mrs Tryner, headteacher of Farmilo plants a tree in memory of a previous headteacher, Miss Foster

Surveying the work so far

Lantern parade

Our bug hotel to help enrich the ecosystem in the orchard

Wassailing the trees

Farmilo pupils build the bug hotel

Friends members midsummer BBQ

The Chair of Nottinghamshire County Council and Mansfield District Council Environment portfolio holder

One of our living willow domes – Play, Pray, Meditate within