News – Low Carbon Lymm

Burford Lane end now reopenedMay 14, 2022
Contractors in Spud WoodJanuary 10, 2022
Friends of Spud Wood CIC AGM 2020October 8, 2020
Pressed Apple Juice from Oughtrington Community OrchardOctober 8, 2020
Stumping up for RavenbankAugust 27, 2020
Our First Woodland Wednesday!October 23, 2019
Woodland WednesdaysOctober 13, 2019
FoSW AGM Wed 25th Sept 2019August 14, 2019
Coppicing/hedge-laying task datesAugust 14, 2019
Help your little ones discover a wilder Cheshire at Nature Tots in Spud WoodJune 5, 2019
Set your co-ordinates for 22nd JuneMay 30, 2019
Bridgewater canal staff chip in to lend a helping hand at Spud WoodMarch 26, 2019
Tree-mendous – planting trees at Spud WoodMarch 25, 2019
Hurrah, the hedge is finishedMarch 17, 2019
Hedge Laying TrainingMarch 15, 2019

Set your co-ordinates for Spud Wood on 22nd June

As part of Lymm Festival Friends of Spud Wood are hosting an event to launch their new permanent orienteering course. The “Family Orienteering @ Spud Wood” free event is on Saturday 22 June running between 3-7pm, starting at Oughtrington Community Centre (on Oughtrington Crescent), with last entries at 6.30pm.

Primary school kids have tree-mendous fun planting trees at Spud Wood

Twenty children from years 5 and 6 Oughtrington Primary School helped plant over 130 trees including hazel, crab apple, downy birch, hawthorn, holly, goat willow.

The trees were planted to increase the mix of species within Spud Wood which was planted with help from the local community 20 years ago. The woodland currently contains mostly oak, ash and silver birch, and by planting other species this should help to make the woodland more resilient in the future to changes such as climate change and tree diseases as well as improving it for wildlife.

Hedge laying

We are very proud that we’ve learnt a bit about hedge laying and managed to finish the section that is most visible to visitors, and we have the blisters to prove it. Take a look.

We plan to continue laying the hedge up through the trees next year to see if we can regenerate it.

Woodland Trust Awards

2018, Jo Yellen wins Acorn Award

2016, Friends of Spud Wood wins Woodland Trust Willow Award for best collaborative achievement.

Benches

We have been very lucky to be given new picnic tables and benches by some groups and members of the community in Lymm, Oughtrington and Heatley.

Our thanks go to Heatley WI, Jubilee WI, Jubilee Gardening Club, Mrs Gregory and Mrs Bruce. See map opposite to see where you can find all the benches.

Tree planting

On Sunday 16 November 2014 Lymm High School Ecology Club helped
FoSW volunteers plant almost 100 new fruiting and flowering trees. The trees were planted to increase the foraging opportunities in the wood as include crab apples, bird and wild cherry as well as Rowan.

Activity Day – October 2017

Really fun day, shame about the weather.

Thanks to Lymm & District Round Table for supporting the event and Tim from Wilder Things www.wilderthings.co.uk for the kids activities and TESP www.theearthskillsproject.co.uk for the bodging. Pictures Courtesy of Jackie Tucker Photography – www.jackietuckerphotography.com

Wild animals & coppicing in 2016

Crocuses

In October 2016 Rotary of Lymm and FoSW planted 5,000 purple crocuses near the car park at Spud Wood. The crocuses are to raise money for polio eradication.