News
We are Meadow Makers!
Date: 28/07/2011
On Tuesday 26th July 2011, several of our group (Lisa, Alec, Bryan, Dawn and Andy) went to visit Ashburnham Meadows near Burwash where we met Keith Datchler and John Parry.
Keith is from the Grassland Trust and has been very helpful to us.
We were lucky to have a cameraman join us from the BBC to record us working in the meadow picking the dried wild flower seeds.
We all worked hard together as a team. The meadow was very peaceful and relaxing, no noise apart from the birds and the bees. There was no litter - it was spotlessly clean. We also saw butterflies, ladybirds, a lizard and a dog enjoying a walk.
All of us were interviewed and we told the camera man why we were collecting the seeds.
They are being sown around the grounds of the Linklater Pavilion so in time we hope to see our very own wild flower meadow that we can all enjoy and be proud that we helped to develop.
When we arrived back in Lewes at the Linklater, there were many people involved in digging over the rough ground, including the South Downs National Park volunteer Rangers.
We then helped to scatter the seeds over the prepared ground.
During us working we were still being filmed and when the task was complete, final photos were taken and a speech given by John thanking Keith and everybody involved.
Hopefully, we will be shown on BBC1 South-East Today News in the next few days!!
We’ve had a lovely time. Thank you John and Keith.
Text by Alec Bennison and Lisa Murrell
Keith is from the Grassland Trust and has been very helpful to us.
We were lucky to have a cameraman join us from the BBC to record us working in the meadow picking the dried wild flower seeds.
We all worked hard together as a team. The meadow was very peaceful and relaxing, no noise apart from the birds and the bees. There was no litter - it was spotlessly clean. We also saw butterflies, ladybirds, a lizard and a dog enjoying a walk.
All of us were interviewed and we told the camera man why we were collecting the seeds.
They are being sown around the grounds of the Linklater Pavilion so in time we hope to see our very own wild flower meadow that we can all enjoy and be proud that we helped to develop.
When we arrived back in Lewes at the Linklater, there were many people involved in digging over the rough ground, including the South Downs National Park volunteer Rangers.
We then helped to scatter the seeds over the prepared ground.
During us working we were still being filmed and when the task was complete, final photos were taken and a speech given by John thanking Keith and everybody involved.
Hopefully, we will be shown on BBC1 South-East Today News in the next few days!!
We’ve had a lovely time. Thank you John and Keith.
Text by Alec Bennison and Lisa Murrell
BBC camera man Dan with the group at Ashburnham meadows
Keith Datchler shows seeds of crested dog's tail, sweet vernal grass, oxeye daisy, cats ear, knapweed and yellow rattle to two of the group.
Dawn, Bryan and Andy get ready for a short interview.
Our thanks to the South Downs National Park volunteer Rangers, Thyone OUtram of Lewes District Council and to Brighton and Hove City Parks Nursery for providing ragged robin, birds foot trefoil, self heal, cowslip, small scabious and field scabious plant plugs.