CCDTGillies Hill Community Woodland Volunteer Days 2021 - Throughout the summer volunteer days will be held on the last Saturday of each month This Saturday 29th May 10am meet at our ‘Work Base’ which is the container by the walled garden area. This session: planting oaks, access road improvements, path & drainage maintenance – come along […]
Join us between 5:30pm and 6:30pm for another Dark Woods session where we will be providing soup, hot dogs and refreshments - straight from the campfire. Activities for children available! Only £1 per person (67p booking fee applies). Meet at the Gillies Hill Entrance to the woods and follow our trail of lights to the […]
Any Chance of a Bit of Help on Saturday 27th November ‘21? Saturday, 27th November is one of CCDT’s regular volunteer days. If you could spare some time to help with a number of tasks including: - Clearing and tidying up the walled garden - Clearing rhododendrons at various locations and creating biodiverse habitat - […]
Join us to create some fun festive woodland crafts with friends and family in Gillies Hill Community Woodland. The first weekend in December is traditionally known for 'tree dressing'. It celebrates the importance of trees and encourages us to value and care for them. Together we'll make some festive crafts that you can take home […]
Come along between 10am to 1pm to discuss our plans and to help us with some basic tasks to help prepare the space for growing. These will include: Collecting loose bricks. Cutting away and collecting vegetation. Burning brash to make room for growing areas. Trimming the Yew hedge. Drinking tea and talking about plans. It […]
*** Update 09:20 29th January --- Due to the current high winds, unfortunately this event has been CANCELLED *** This Saturday, 29th January is one of our planned volunteer days and there is a busy list of jobs for all abilities. It is a great opportunity to meet and have a chat with fellow volunteers […]
– Building on the great success of the walled garden volunteer day on 15th January – Collecting loose bricks for reuse / setting out growing beds and polytunnel location / clearing vegetation and brash / trimming hedges. – Opportunity to drink tea and talk about future plans Please dress in old clothes, and sturdy footwear […]
Volunteer day is here again this Saturday, 26th February. Hopefully there will be no Dudley, Eunice, Franklin or Gladys to thwart us (Forecast is cloudy but dry). It is a great opportunity to meet and have a chat with fellow volunteers including trustees. Tea and coffee will be provided (at least for part of the […]
A crossing point has been made over the forwarder tracks to allow easier access into the non felled area of the woods. The access route to the mud kitchen from the Gillies Hill entrance is marked in Blue. It is Volunteer Day this Saturday 26th March. Please come along to the mud kitchen (near the […]
Frog Hunt: Follow the frogspawn! We invite families to meet us at the footbridge at the school entrance to the woods at 11:30 or follow the bunting trail to find us down by the ponds just along from the outdoor classroom. We will be doing pond dipping and giving people a chance to see what […]
Main focus will be clearing brash from woodland paths in SPHN felled area. Meet at Gillies Hill garages entrance at 10am - any time you could spare us through the day would be appreciated! Come along and be part of the team to open up some access paths again and chat about future plans too. […]
Pop along any time during the session for tea/coffee and home baking. This is an opportunity for you to join us and have an informal chat about the future of what YOU would like to see as part of the woodland management. There have been no plans made for the area affected by the SPHN […]