BOURNEMOUTH NATIONAL TRUST VOLUNTEERS
A volunteer support group to the National Trust
WHAT DO WE DO ?
A Task Leader is appointed for each Work party and he/she will liase with the Warden about the Task. People wishing to attend notify the Task Leader by the previous Thursday to ensure adequate tools and gloves will be available. The Task Leader will also arrange any lifts required. We usually meet at 10 am. A picnic lunch is required with plenty of fluids, especially in summer. Wellington boots or good protective foot wear is advisable and a supply of suntan lotion in summer. Old clothes are essential because we often have bonfires (good for cooking baked potatoes or marshmallows).
TYPICAL WORKPARTIES
TYPICAL WORKPARTIES
KINGSTON LACY : Work on the project to redevelop the kitchen garden
CORFE CASTLE : Hedge laying, coppicing and restoring heath land as part of the Egdon Project.
STOURHEAD : Building steps, hedge laying and gardening.
STUDLAND : Tree planting and sand dune development to prevent coastal erosion and dry stonewalling•
BROWNSEA : Clearance of rhododendrons to return the island to its original habitat for the protection of the wildlife, especially the red squirrel. Construction of a woodland walk.
GOLDEN CAP : Dry stone walling
CORFE CASTLE : Hedge laying, coppicing and restoring heath land as part of the Egdon Project.
STOURHEAD : Building steps, hedge laying and gardening.
STUDLAND : Tree planting and sand dune development to prevent coastal erosion and dry stonewalling•
BROWNSEA : Clearance of rhododendrons to return the island to its original habitat for the protection of the wildlife, especially the red squirrel. Construction of a woodland walk.
GOLDEN CAP : Dry stone walling