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Friends of Jubilee Country Park
| Published: 12th January 2009 14:17 |
Are you interested in wildlife, enjoy walking or just like green open spaces? Why not join the Friends of Jubilee Country Park and help support your local Nature Reserve.
The Friends' aim is to protect and conserve this special local site.
We have four meetings a year and we welcome people to these. There are also guided walks, promotional events and wildlife surveys to take part in too. We also have an informal social evening once a month.
Volunteers are welcome to take part in conservation work to help amphibians, birds, butterflies, insects, mammals, reptiles and wildflowers that live in this precious piece of our local environment.
Friends also benefit from discounts at local outdoor equipment stores. (15% off all stock items at any branch of the Cotswolds Store & 10% off all stock items at the Bromley and Orpington branches of Millets.)
Friends may also attend all activities listed in Bromley Council's "Walks, Talks and Events" booklet free of charge.
If you would like to be kept in regular touch with all that takes place, we would love to welcome you as a "Friend". To join us please print out and complete the form below and return it with the £5 annual subscription per household. Please make sure that all members of the family who wish to be included are listed below.
All subscriptions are used to further the work carried out in the park.
Above all the group is about having fun!
To find out more you can call Jennie Randall on 07840542261
Latest News
Notelets from the Friends of Jubilee Country Park
The Friends of Jubilee Country Park have recently produced a new pack of six notelets. The designs feature two views of the park in winter: one of the cycle track looking towards Petts Wood and the other taken in the Tent Peg Lane area. The photos were taken by members of the Friends group. All proceeds will go towards the work of the Friends group in caring for the park.
The packs of notelets cost £2.50 and they are available from Webster's Social Stationers in Queensway. These notelets would make an ideal small Christmas present or stocking-filler.
Help Our Planet! Help Your Local Park
There has been considerable focus in the news recently concerning the damage plastic bags are doing to the environment. Why not do you bit to reduce the use of plastic bags and help support your local park at the same time? Buy the Friends of Jubilee Country Park reusable British made cotton shopping bag. All proceeds from the sale of these bags go towards the work of the Friends of Jubilee Country Park. Only £2 each they are available from Websters Social Stationers, Queensway, Petts Wood. Where else can you get a limited edition, "designer" bag in Petts Wood for that price?
What's On Guide
Every Friday- Walk 4 Life
Meet at 1.40pm on the corner of the Oxhawth Crescent and Southborough Lane (nearest to Southborough Lane Surgery, by the Post Box and Bus Stop). Finishing at the Harvester (Crooked Billet) for refreshments. This is easy walking suitable for all age groups.
January 2009
Thursday 15th - RSPB Bird Walk with Bob Land. Meet at Blackbrook Lane Car Park at 9.30am. Bring binoculars if you have them. Sorry no dogs. Suitable footwear.
February
Monday 2nd - Pub night at the Daylight Inn, Station Square, Petts Wood, from 7.30pm. The Friends meet for an informal chat. We all buy our own drinks.
Thursday 19th - A Talk by a speaker from the Orangutan Foundation. 7.30pm in the Garden Room at St Augustine's Church, Southborough Lane. (Donations to the Orangutan Foundation would be very welcome)
March
Monday 2nd - Pub night at the Daylight Inn, Station Square, Petts Wood, from 7.30pm. The Friends meet for an informal chat. We all buy our own drinks.
Saturday 7th- Bird Walk for Friends of Jubilee Country Park. Led by Bob Land. Meet at Blackbrook Lane Car Park at 9.30pm. Sorry no dogs.
Wednesday 18th - Friends AGM. Meet at 7.30pm in the Garden Room of St Augustine's Church Southborough Lane, Bickley.
Sunday 29th- A Spring Walk, led by our Countryside Ranger, Judy John. Meet at Thornet Wood Car Park at 2.00pm. The walk will take approximately 2 hours. Well behaved dogs on leads welcome.
Jubilee Country Park Workdays January-March 2009
All workdays start at 10 am, though meeting places differ, see below. Work continues from 10am till about 3pm, with teabreaks at about 11am and 1pm, but feel free to go as soon as you wish, many people leave at lunchtime. If you wish to stay for the afternoon, please bring a packed lunch. If you would like to help with newt, butterfly or reptile surveying, please contact Jennie Randall.
| 12.01.2009 | Meet at Blackbrook Lane car park to trim hedge adjacent to horse field, cutting it down to just above level of stakes to encourage growth of lateral branches and thicken hedge base for wildlife, remove stakes from Long Pond & clear brash remaining from hedge laying. |
| 19.01.2009 | Meet St James entrance to trim hedge layed 2007/8, cutting top to level of stakes. Clear developing scrub on either side. Note position of developing bluebells if visible. Mend benches if possible |
| 26.01.2009 | Meet at Thornet Wood car park to clear glade for wood anemones and repairs as needed. Transplant young elm saplings from bird feeding area. |
| 02.02.2009 | Meet at Tent Peg Lane car park to clear ditch, cut back and scallop edge of scrub in meadow to increase scrub boundary for invertebrates and prevent encroachment of meadows. Mend noticeboard. Stake and bind small hedge & plant whips as needed |
| 09.02.2009 | Meet at Thornet Wood car park to clear ditch 5 in Thornet Wood & continue to clear ditch 8 south of pond. Start to lay elm hedge? |
| 16.02.2009 | Meet Thornet Wood car park to thin saplings east of pond, cut back & scallop scrub encroaching meadow. |
| 23.02.2009 | Meet at Blackbrook lane car park to cut back and scallop scrub in meadow nearest to car park, clear litter, check new hedge. Cut material to be racked in woodland to increase deadwood habitat here. |
| 02.03.2009 | Meet at Tent Peg Lane car park to cut back and scallop edge of scrub in meadow. |
| 09.03.2009 | Meet at entrance opp post box Oxhawth Crescent to cut back & scallop scrub around meadow on far side of lane |
| 16.03.2009 | Meet at St James School entrance to cut back & scallop scrub along boundary with gardens and along old boundary hedge |
| 23.03.2009 | Meet at Thornet Wood car park to clear and label anthill area. General repairs as needed. |
| 30.03.2009 | Meet at Tent Peg lane car park for litter picking, repairs, general |
| Mar-09 | Meet at Thornet Wood car park for newt surveying. Time TBA |
Thanks once again to all the Friends who continue to support and work hard in Jubilee Country Park. I hope to see you at Jubilee Country Park in the future! Tea, coffee and biscuits are provided. Please wear old clothes.
For further information about our programme contact Bromley Countryside and Parks Department on 01689 862815.
Click on the photo album to see a selection of our pictures...
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