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Archive for March 2010

Mar/10

23

HCS Programme to mid 2010

Date and Time Venue Main topic
Tuesday , 27th April

2010 at 7:30 pm

Village Hall Andrew Chugg on “ Ancient Times in the Blaise Estate at Henbury
Tuesday, 6th July 2010 at 7:30 pm Village Hall Further matters of historical interest. Speaker(s) to be confirmed

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Mar/10

15

Hazel Brook update

Notes from a recent meeting of the ‘Hazel Brook group’

Action plan from last meeting :-
- organise a walk of the course of the Hazel Brook to locate and record the location of any obvious outlets discharging into the brook that might be a problem
- organise sampling from the Brook in conjunction with UWE Environmental Science students
Progress to date :-
- Bristol City Council Living Rivers Project no longer run guided river walks but have provided (very basic) map used by them previously.
- BCC have provided historical water quality sampling data (from sampling site just north of the ford) from 1995 for reference.
- A date for sampling and decisions on sampling sites etc will be arranged with UWE Environmental Science students (contact Dr Lorenzo Giusti, as soon as possible.
- Ideally the Brook walk will take place in conjunction with the sampling. If this is not possible then we will arrange a walk later in the spring.
- Mr Peter Martin has offered to undertake a botanical survey of the brook (including mosses indicative of water quality) over the spring/summer. He has some historical data from 10-15 years ago which will be useful for comparison.
- Martin Harris, Blaise Estate manager, is to provide us with a copy of a report and action plan for the Brook within the grounds of the estate.
NB Email addresses removed for privacy reasons

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Initial ideas from the ‘Garden Group’

Our Conservation Area would be greatly enhanced by using Blaise Kitchen Garden as a Community Garden.The area presently contains several greenhouses in various stages of repair and a victorian fernery’ in a huge walled space, with a building previously used for horticultural education and could possibly be used again for the same purpose. The greenhouses were used to grow bedding plants for the whole of Bristol for the latter part of the last century and then by a college Horticultural Department.We discussed how wonderful this would be for our Community, to encourage people to work together producing fresh food and growing plants to sell.We often talk about vandalism in our area. By encouraging a wide age group of people to work together, exchanging skills and enthusiasm, the energy of our youth could be diverted into something positive and creative.The possibilities of positively changing people’s lives could be immense. To get this project off the ground we know will be a huge upward battle,but we are prepared to try.Areas to investigate before the next meeting are :history and conservation within the site;FUNDING!; visit to a local Community Garden for ideas and inspiration.The lease on this site comes up for review in 2011 so we need to have an excellent proposal together by then.

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