Scything in Stoke Park
Who would choose to mow a meadow by hand when there are tractors and machinery that can do it in minutes? Me, as it turns out. Scythes have been used as far back as 5,000 BC – according to Wikipedia. Read More
Volunteering to Support the History and Ecology of Stoke Park
Who would choose to mow a meadow by hand when there are tractors and machinery that can do it in minutes? Me, as it turns out. Scythes have been used as far back as 5,000 BC – according to Wikipedia. Read More
I think my very favourite part of Stoke Park is the orchard, which lies on the south eastern flank of Purdown, in the south of the estate. As you step out from the shade behind the wall that separates Stoke Read More
Written by Nicky Hodges, Stoke Park volunteer and member of Bristol Naturalists’ Society. All images taken by Dylan Peters, wildbristol.uk Invertebrates are numerous and varied. These are all the creatures that don’t have a backbone (mammals, birds and other larger Read More