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Woodland Wildflowers - Great North Forest
Location: South Tyneside
A partnership of the 12 Community Forests and Landlife was forged to involve communities safeguarding and creating a woodland flora for the future, to help preserve the fast disappearing flora of British woodlands.
A series of public events were held in which local communities were invited to come and collect seeds, or plant wildflowers and bulbs in appropriate woodlands.
People tried their hand at lots of fun, hands on activities such as making bluebell hats, joining story walks listening to woodland tales, making plant containers for wildflowers to take home, and creating a mulch of seeds, compost and fertiliser to spread over degraded woodland soils.
A sustainable source of seed and bulbs has been produced by Landlife and the Community Forests to enable understory planting in newly created and existing woodlands.
The seeds of woodland wildflowers have been collected regionally, and either sown directly into appropriate woodland sites, or sent to Landlife, a charity with 15 years' experience of growing wildflowers. To ensure a continued and sustainable seed source a proportion of the collections have been grown by Landlife, to produce seed of known regional provenance.
Group Name |
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The Great North Forest |
| Project Contact |
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Lorraine Weeks 01434 674672 |
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Throughout the Great North Forest area of Tyne & Wear |
| Project Postcode |
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NE11 9NX |
| Finishing Date |
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31 March 2004 |
| See also |
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The Great North Forest website |
| Local Community Involvement / Partnerships: |
| Many partnerships have been forged between the Great North Forest, local communities, local authorities, organisations such as Groundwork, and wildlife trusts. |
| Grants: |
Heritage Lottery Fund: £17,565
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