Wild Youth

Allotments with New Hall School

Mike — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:02:14 +0000

On 15th March 2010 we were at our allotments from 10am - 2pm. We Built a raised bed with the New Hall children and they planted some potatoes and did general watering. Also Jonathan and Mike put plot signs up and started to build a recycled bench out of unused wood. The session was really enjoyable with bright sunshine.

Allotments Spring Clean with New Hall School

Mike — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:21:43 +0000

On Monday 8th March 2010 we were at allotments in Hobart close Chelmsford, doing a spring clean and to start sowing some seeds.

We started with clearing the weeds from the area around the pear tree so that we could plant daffodils, sunflowers and rosemary to give the area nice colour when they flower and to give nice smells.

Also we planted some pumpkin seeds in treys inside Polly tunnel and also some peas. Also we did as much general clearing as we could but there will still be work to do next Monday 15th March. overall it was a great session making an impact at the allotments.

Broomfield Hospital Tree Planting

Mike — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:01:50 +0000

On Wednesday 10th February ImpACT was at Broomfield Hospital planting trees throughout one of the woodlands . We were working together with staff from Broomfield Hospital and kids Inspired group. The tree planting went well with an estimated two hundred and fifty trees planted. It was very cold but everyone enjoyed the planting.

Chancellor Park Primary and Dry Garden

Mike — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:14:09 +0000

On Monday 25th Jan 2010 we went to Chancellor park primary school to do a workshop to get ideas for our Chancellor park dry garden. The workshop went well with many different ideas for the garden.

Also on the 25th Jan 2010 we met with Chelmsford Borough Council at Chancellor park to have a look at the area that we will be doing the garden.

Chelmer Village Beavers,Cubs and Scouts

Mike — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:51:51 +0000

On Tuesday 19th January 2010 ImpACT was doing a talk to chelmer village Beavers,Cubs and Scouts about our Chancellor park wildlife dry garden project.

The evening went well in each of the groups we did a presentation about the project and went onto filling out an ideas form. The ideas were good and will help to go towards the final design.

Presentation to Barns Farm Junior School

Mike — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:36:46 +0000

On Wednesday 6th January 2010 ImpACT went to Barns Farm School in Chelmsford to give a presentation to their assembly and do a workshop with the schools Eco group. Mike and Jonathan talked briefly about impACT and followed on by doing a double act asking questions about what the young people like about different environments and wildlife. Then went onto talking about impACT’s Chancellor park project. After the assembly Mike and Jonathan did a session with the schools eco group to get thier ideas about what they would like to see in the Chancellor park project.

Springfield Parish Eco Film Project

Mike — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:42:47 +0000

On Tuesday 22nd December 2009 impACT was at Springfield Parish Center filming an Eco Drama. The day started with talking about what we were going to film and how we were going to do so, then we started filming some of the scenes with the help of two Police Community Support Officers. The Day went really well even though it was cold because of the snow.

Whoosh!2

Mike — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:10:36 +0000

On Saturday 12th December 2009 from 10am - 2pm ImpACT was as E2V Whoosh! doing the second session with a group of people. Duren the day we planted a vicroria plum tree, spartas apple tree, then planted tulip bulbs, climatases and dogwood. It was a wet day but fortunately it wasnt raining while we were doing the planting. jonathan put up a decorated bird box in one of the existing trees befor packing up after a successful day.

Notley Green School Tree Planting

Mike — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:46:54 +0000

On Tuesday 8th December 09 impACT was at Notley Green school planting an orchard of around twelve trees, the types of trees we planted were Cherry trees, Spartan and Jonagold apple trees and pear trees. some of the children wanted to plant the trees randomly and some wanted to plant a corridor of trees. They dug whole for trees and planted the trees then they put steaks in the ground and tree protectors around the trees. After the tree planting the children gave ideas about what they want around their school grounds.

Chelmer Valley High School

Mike — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:23:17 +0000

On Wednesday 9th December ImpACT was at Chelmer Valley High Doing a small presentation about impact and about the ImpACT committee. After that Mike and Jonathan did an interactive session asking for ideas on impACT’s Chancellor Park Project. The young people had many ideas and some of them were : log benches, fountains, four seasons of flowers, trees , union jack of different flowers, log piles, chelmer swan fountain, sculpture made from cans, and more. overall an enthusiastic group.