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St Michael's is an Eco Church

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Thanks to a grant from the Community Infrastructure Levy and generous donations, we have achieved a number of initiatives in the past year to improve the church garden for wildlife and enhance the area for visitors.

We regularly host young people who help in the garden as the "Service" element of their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award.

Our Ukrainian friends braved Storm Conall in November 2024 to tidy the garden

The Work Party on 27 September was a great success. Thank you to everyone including the team of Ukraiians who came to help.

Last Autumn, a work party cleared an area near the Garden of Remembrance which was overgrown with brambles

This was sown in the spring with grass seed and a "perching bench" dedicated in memory of Willy Pryor, a much-loved member of the congregation and local community.

Margaret Clarke Memorial Garden

This was planted with spring bulbs and wildflowers with ornamental grasses to give colour in the summer. In view of the challenging summer weather, we will plant drought-resistant perennials and annuals next year.

To encourage insects and other wildlife into the garden, we planted 400 mixed daffodil and narcissi bulbs around the grounds, a crab apple tree opposite the entrance to the Welcome Porch and a hawthorn near the Garden of Remembrance. These, together with two climbing hydrangeas and a number of honeysuckle plants along the fence on the eastern boundary have survived the dry summer with regular watering by the Garden Team.

This triangle of grass remained uncut for three months to allow wild flowers and grass to grow and encourage invertebrate life.

We hope Swifts will nest in special boxes high up on the church wall.

When cleaning out the tit boxes, we found this Giant House Spider which made its home in the remains of the nest.

The flowers by the church entrance attract insects.

Calling all folk who enjoy the church garden

We have split the garden into 20 plots. See the notice board at the back of the church.

Please choose and sign up for the plot that you would like to look after.

Some suitable for children and some larger ones representing a bit of a challenge!

Happy weeding!

RSPB Garden BirdWatch January 2024