Welcome to the latest issue of The Walled Garden newsletter.
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Welcome to the latest issue of our newsletter about the Llanfrechfa Grange Walled Garden project.
In this issue:
We hope you enjoy reading it. Please use the contact form below if you would like to send us your feedback.
Keep Wales Tidy has unveiled this year’s Green Flag Award winners – the international mark of a quality park or green space.
The Green Flag Award gives recognition to parks and community green spaces that have demonstrated the high standards of the Green Flag Award. Emphasis is also placed on local community involvement in the ongoing and long-term care of the award park.
The Green Flag Award programme is delivered in Wales by environmental charity Keep Wales Tidy, with support from Welsh Government. Independent green space experts volunteered their time in early autumn to judge applicant sites against eight strict criteria, including biodiversity, cleanliness, environmental management, and community involvement.
Llanfrechfa Grange Walled Garden has once again achieved the prestigious Green Flag Community Award in recognition of its dedicated volunteer involvement, high environmental standards and commitment to delivering great quality green space.
We are delighted to have been awarded the Green Flag once again in recognition of the commitment and hard work put in by our volunteers and supporters to implement this project. We have been working tirelessly to implement our garden design in time for our planned spring opening despite all the challenges of the current pandemic. It seems more important than ever that this garden will provide a high quality green haven for everyone visiting the site.
We are one of 127 community managed green spaces across the country which have met the high standards needed to receive the Green Flag Community Award. Wales currently holds a third of the UK’s community Green Flag sites. For more information about the Green Flag Award in Wales visit www.keepwalestidy.cymru/greenflag
Lucy Prisk, Green Flag Coordinator at Keep Wales Tidy said:
““The pandemic has shown just how important high-quality parks and green spaces are to our communities. For many of us, they have been a haven on our doorstep, benefiting our health and well-being.
“The success of Llanfrechfa Grange Walled Garden in achieving the Green Flag Community Award is a testament to the volunteers who have maintained excellent standards under the most challenging circumstances this year. I’d like to congratulate and thank them all for their outstanding commitment.”
A full list of award winners can be found on the Keep Wales Tidy website www.keepwalestidy.cymru/greenflag
For more information please contact Lucy Prisk, Green Flag Coordinator on 07469 118876 or email lucy.prisk@keepwalestidy.cymru
Keep Wales Tidy is a registered environmental charity working to protect our environment for now and for the future. Visit their website for more information: www.keepwalestidy.cymru
As part of the National Garden Scheme, we are delighted to announce that we will be hosting a Great British Garden Party at Llanfrechfa Grange Walled Garden on:
Saturday 19th September 2020.
Come and see how the garden is developing and support a good cause at the same time. There will also be a plant and produce sale.
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions, this will be a ticket only event in order to manage numbers and maintain social distancing. Attendees will be allocated a one hour preferred time slot between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. (last admission) with max 15 visitors per hour.
Tickets cost £5, which includes refreshments and entry into a prize raffle. Children under 12 free entry. All proceeds will be split between the Friends of Llanfrechfa Grange Walled Garden and the NGS selected nursing charities.
To reserve a place, please contact us at info.lgh.garden@gmail.com
Please mark your email “Great British Garden Party RSVP” and provide the names and contact details for each person attending (this is in case of any need for Test, Trace and Protect following the event). Please also let us know if you have a preferred time for your visit.
Payment can be made in cash on the day or by bank transfer once your booking has been confirmed.
Thank you and we look forward to seeing you soon.
Welcome to the latest issue of our newsletter about the Llanfrechfa Grange Walled Garden project.
In this issue:
The Walled Garden – Summer 2020 Download (pdf)
We hope you enjoy reading it. Please use the contact form below if you would like to send us your feedback.
Welcome to the latest issue of our newsletter about the Llanfrechfa Grange Walled Garden project.
In this issue:
The Walled Garden – spring 2020 Download (pdf)
We hope you enjoy reading it. Please use the contact form below if you would like to send us your feedback.
Message from the Trustees of the Friends of Llanfrechfa Grange Walled Garden 27th March 2020
The Walled Garden was closed immediately in response to the government’s directive of March 23rd 2020 requiring all to stay at home and not to make unnecessary journeys.
The trustees have since explored whether restricted access could be resumed within the daily exercise rules. While gardening and indeed allotment management is considered an allowed activity, the advice is that people should not drive to their allotments/gardens. Our volunteers travel to the garden from across Gwent and this, together with several other risk factors, means that the garden will remain closed for the foreseeable future.
In anticipation that this would happen our volunteers put in a huge effort over the last week to plant out as much as possible and to mulch our new trees and shrubs. Tender plants have been found temporary homes with volunteers who will also plant seeds to grow at home or in the garden should we be able to return at some point in the summer.
The Trustees will review the position regularly and will aim to resume work in the garden as soon as we can do so safely and within government guidance.
Volunteers and members are encouraged to stay in touch though our website, Facebook page and the regular volunteers’ WhatsApp group or via email.
Message from the Trustees of the Friends of Llanfrechfa Grange Walled Garden
Following the government’s guidance on Covid-19, dated March 16th 2020, the garden’s trustees are implementing some significant changes with immediate effect.
The safety and wellbeing of our volunteers and visitors is our primary concern. We are therefore closing the garden to all but a small number of volunteers who will maintain it and continue with the development of its infrastructure for as long as it is safe to do so.
A letter setting out our current plan has been sent out to all volunteers and members via e-mail. The plan may change in response to any new advice or directives from Public Health Wales, the Government or the Health Board.
We are disappointed not to be able to maintain the wonderful progress we have made in the garden to date and are so grateful to our volunteers and supporters for enabling us to get this far.
We will be back up and running as soon as possible and hope you will continue to support and follow us throughout the coming weeks and months.
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Calling any budding volunteers for the Walled Garden – can you help?
We are holding our second working party of the year this Sunday 10am to 4.30pm (weather permitting!) with a light lunch provided at 1pm.
There will be a mixture of tasks from path laying to seed sowing, or perhaps you could help keep the flow of tea and coffees going – all help is welcome.
For catering purposes, please tell us if you are coming and if you have any special dietary requirements.
Email: info.garden.lgh@gmail.com
Thank you in anticipation, we look forward to seeing all our volunteers on Sunday.
2019 Working Party Volunteers
Well we have 14 months before the Grange University Hospital is due to open so we are aiming to get the Garden safe for visitors by that time. Path laying is the most essential part of this aim, so we would really appreciate help from anybody wishing to volunteer this spring.
Here are the dates for the next working party weekends, the first of which is this coming Saturday. Morning session will be 10am to 1pm, afternoon session 1.30pm to 4.30pm (or come for as long or short as you wish!)
Saturday 22nd Feb (Wales v France KO 16.45)
Sunday 15th March
Saturday 4th April
A light lunch such as soup and a roll will be provided and we usually have plenty of cake too!
Work will be mainly manual, as we have more paths to lay, marking and making borders for paths, barrowing soil and chippings, preparing flower and veg beds, etc. However, for those who cannot do heavy manual work, there will probably be some seed sowing to do and help with food preparation, teas, coffees etc, is always welcome. As the weather forecast is not great, the work plan will be adjusted accordingly and we will cut short the sessions if need be. At this stage any help will be a step in progress and much appreciated.
I do hope you can spare a few hours to help us with this fantastic project!
For catering purposes, please RSVP to Binca Wilson, Membership Secretary at email: info.lgh.garden@gmail.com
We look forward to seeing you soon
