Author: Susan Pywell

From April to September, we count butterflies in Stoke Park. We do this by walking a transect – a set route through Stoke Park – every week. We follow a methodology called a Pollard walk. This helps us gather the Read More

This Winter our work was all about the P’s – planting, pruning and ponds. Planting We are incredibly grateful to The Conservation Volunteers (Lockleaze Green Gym) who undertook the majority of this Winter’s tree planting. Most of the trees were Read More

On Sat 11 Feb some of us attended a free event put on by Your Park Bristol & Bath. There were workshops, a volunteer-led discussion about how to bring parks to life, and lots of opportunities to meet and talk Read More

We’re in the news! Our dew pond restoration work has been written about on the Bristol Mayor’s blog, the BBC News website and the Bristol Post. We’re restoring two dew ponds in Stoke Park. One in the Pale Plantation and Read More

This December I was lucky enough be one of 16 volunteers who spent a day with Chris and Tina from the Rural Skills Hub learning the centuries old craft of hedge laying. More information about which hedges we are laying Read More

Volunteering sessions in Stoke Park are every Thursday morning, and the first Saturday of the month. We cover a lot of things in those sessions. It’s a big park, and there is a lot that needs doing. Here’s a summary Read More