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Augus News
Holding our AGM on a Summer evening at Sid’s Piece, being serenaded with the beautiful song of a blackcap (second only to a nightingale) was very pleasant. Formalities over, time for a good chat. Ro...
28 Jul, 2023
July News
July - the seventh month of the year according to the Gregorian calendar, the fifth month in the early Roman calendar, hence it was named Quentilious. The Roman senate renamed it Julius in honour of J...
29 Jun, 2023
June News
We had a very successful Plant and Craft Fair at Wyken in April. Thank you to everyone who helped on the day or supported in any way. Wyken Hall gardens looked wonderful and Sir Kenneth’s tour was v...
22 May, 2023
April News
As you will see if you have a walk around Sid's Piece, we have done quite a lot of coppicing (i.e. cutting sallow or willow to the ground to let light in for the young oaks and hopefully some smaller ...
14 Apr, 2023
March News
‘Spring Cannot Be Cancelled’ - the title of a book about David Hockney’s art work in Lockdown during 2020. We are now at that time of reawakening - regrowth - seen in the garden, the trees and f...
24 Feb, 2023
February News
The New Year started well for nature lovers who met at Sid’s Piece for their tree recognition walk on a sunny morning in early January. Even though the leaves have mainly fallen from the trees, our ...
12 Jan, 2023
January News
I used to know a commercial grower of roses in east Suffolk, and he had the remarkable ability to identify over 100 different varieties of rose, just from the bare winter stems. In the wild, everythin...
05 Dec, 2022
November News
For those who aren’t familiar with SWWAG, we’re a group of residents who gather every now and then, partly to help maintain our Stanton Community Woodland (Sid’s Piece in Upthorpe Road), and par...
17 Oct, 2022