Welcome to Whistlewood, a 10-acre community-owned woodland near Melbourne, Derbyshire
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Whistlewood Common
Whistlewood is a community-owned social enterprise with ten acres of land in Melbourne, Derbyshire
A lovely way to enjoy Mothers Day learning to Rag Rug with Sarah of Little Trees. Due to the popularity of the event Sarah is holding another Rag Rugging workshop on the 2nd September. For further information please visit www.shop.whistlewoodcommon.org.
Volunteering on Saturday- general volunteering 1pm and youths start at 2pm aim to finish at 4pm. Lots to do! Let’s hope the snow has gone!
Can we make one last push on pruning this year? Start at Whistlewood Common Thursday 9 March from 10 am, break for pizza lunch around 12.45 at Tollgate, then an hour or two at Southwood House Farm orchard in the afternoon? Sound good? Can you help at morning or afternoon session or both? Free training for the less experienced. Please advise your availability so we can work out how much we might get done/tool needs etc. We had to remove a split tree at Southwood last week (big thanks to chainsaw Rob). We have a replacement to plant…
See you later folks 1pm start for general volunteering. 2pm for youths. Today Tim is coming to show us how to make a natural top bar hive! Still pruning and willow harvesting too.
From bare ground to this, the new compost toilet is taking shape. As you know Whistlewood was awarded just over £3000 by the Severn Trent Community Fund which has enabled us to build this new facility and provide much needed relief for our site users. ![]()
Thanks go to ST and all of the volunteers and D of E volunteers that have helped so far. ![]()
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