Task Reports

Please contact the office if you are interested in volunteering and we will discuss details.

Conservation Work - Past

Stoney Ridge Plantation

Stoney Ridge Plantation, by Grange Lodge, Bingley Road, BD9 6SA

We will be continuing our task of clearing the bays and sawing wood for habitat piles and future charcoal burning.

If you'd like a lift from Culture Fusion at 10am please let us know.

Stoney Ridge Plantation

Stoney Ridge Plantation, by Grange Lodge, Bingley Road, BD9 6SA

Tomorrow we will be continuing our work  organising the storage bays on site. We may also start chopping/sawing some of a large pile of logs into smaller sizes. 

This is with a view to making it usable for future possible charcoal making activities.

Please get in touch if you would like a lift at 10am from Culture Fusion.

Bradford Urban Nature Reserve

Bradford Urban Nature Reserve (UNR) Laisteridge Lane, Bradford BD5 0NH

We will be cutting and clearing paths to improve access as we haven't visited for a while and they are quite overgrown.

Depending how we get on, we may visit Bowling Park Orchard in the afternoon, so if you are planning to come along in the afternoon please let us know so we can keep in touch about where we are at.

Also, let us know if you would like a lift in the minibus from Culture Fusion at 10am.

Bowling Community Orchard

Bowling Community Orchard, Bowling Park Drive, BD4 7ES

We will be at the orchard from 10.30-3.30 and tasks will include finishing painting the wooden structure Belvedere, before any climbers get in full swing for summer and building a basic frame for netting, to protect some of the fruit bushes.

If you would like a lift in the minibus please get in touch.

Stoney Ridge Plantation

Stoney Ridge plantation next to where Hallmark Cards used to be, by Grange Lodge, Bingley Rd, Bingley, Bradford BD9 6SA.

Among the tasks we will be heeling in trees, clearing the site and staking some fallen trees. 

For anyone driving there is parking on Long Lane, the road opposite ish the lodge. 

If you'd like a lift in the minibus please get in touch. We will be leaving Culture Fusion at 10am.

Bowling Park Allotments

Bowling park Allotments. Bowling Park Drive, BD4 7ET.

We will be completing our tidy up of Newby Primary School Allotments, tasks will mainly be hedge cutting, shifting gravel and weeding.

If you'd like to come along please get in touch.

Bowling Park Community Orchard Blossom Day

Bowling Park Community Orchard, Bowling Park Allotments, Bowling park Drive, Bradford BD4 7ES.

Bowling Park Community Orchard is looking particularly lovely at the moment with all the apple and pear blossoms. 

We will be there for our volunteer task day, but we are also  having an informal Blossom Day from 11-3pm. Feel free to pop in and take an opportunity to have some refreshments and relax and enjoy the ambience of the orchard in full bloom- hopefully!... 

Bowling Park Community Orchard and Allotments

Bowling Park Allotments, Bowling Park Drive, Bradford, BD4 7ET

We will be continuing our work at Bowling Park Allotments from 10.30-3.30, where we will be tidying up the community orchard, weeding paths and vegetable beds and feeding the trees, in preparation for Blossom Day on Friday 12th May and clearing an allotment for Newby Primary school, which will be largely removing couch grass and hedge cutting.