Blog: restoration

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Undulating landscape of ridge and furrow in a field with bales of hay and a woodland in the background

Reading the landscape

Dom takes a journey back in time as she uses modern technology to ponder what life was like 500 years ago...

A group of volunteers tree popping at The Devil's Spittleful by Wendy Carter

Could you be a mini-mammoth?

Beccy takes a closer look at how an amazing bunch of conservation volunteers are recreating the past...

Fence made of hazel hurdles lining a path by Becca Bratt

A cunning plan or two

Julie gazes into the flames as she contemplates alternatives to bonfires...

A hedgerow at Green Farm with berries in the foreground hedge and the start of changing colours of leaves further along by Paul Lane

Watching the seasons change

Dom revels in the onset of autumn and takes a closer look at managing Green Farm's hedgerows...

Illustration of heathland management through time - background of heathland habitat with mammoth illustration, farmer with scythe illustration, soldier with rifle illustration, tractor illustration and photo of a group of modern volunteers

Heathland heritage

Volunteer and guest blogger Sue Duffield takes a look at how Dropping Well Farm and the surrounding heathland became what they are today...

A village hall with a woman at the front pointing to a screen with a map on and a few rows of seated people (by Julie Grainger)

It's my party

Julie panics about whether anyone will turn up to hear more about the exciting project...

Common lizard in a heather by Wendy Carter

Creating hidey holes for reptiles

Beccy and Joe take a closer look at what makes a perfect paradise for reptiles and the community get involved in helping...

A pine marten in a woodland looking a the camera

Forward thinking

Dom looks forward 150 years to what Monkwood and Green Farm might look like following our ambitious restoration plans...

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