Update From The Community Allotment
The girls from Alfriston School worked so hard at the community allotment last week, helping to clear lots of old, rotten wood before making a start on sanding the picnic table and bench, as well as entertaining everyone with some beautiful singing! The benefit of working with your hands on mental health is well documented. […]
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New Bug Hotel for the Memorial Gardens
On Wednesday morning, we installed our latest bug hotel. A very different design to the existing hotels, and a fantastic addition to the tea hut wall in the Memorial Gardens. Huge thanks to Colin Pells, who worked in partnership with the Town Council to create this shelter for insects and invertebrates. Bug hotels are of […]
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Christmas Tree Recycling Raises Over £3,300!
A huge thank you to everyone that supported the Council’s Christmas tree collection and recycling initiative. In total over £3,300 was raised which will help fund many of our sustainable projects that we planned for the next year. All of the trees that the depot team collected (over 500 in total), and that were dropped […]
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Fox Sculpture Added To The Tiny Urban Forrest
The latest addition to the upcoming Children’s Art Trail, was installed on Thursday last week. A fox, created using two recycled copper water tanks, stands within the new ‘tiny urban forest’ on Chiltern Avenue. Huge thanks Colin Pells who worked in partnership with the Amersham Town Council to create this wonderful piece of art. The […]
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Tiny Urban Forest and Winter Garden
In late November, we added the final few plants to complete (for this season) the ‘Tiny Urban Forest and Winter Garden’ on the verge opposite Amersham Station in Chiltern Ave. This pocket forest comprises 20 Himalayan birch trees (Betula utilis jacquemontii ‘Snow Queen’) and one Tibetan Cherry (Prunus Serrula). The trees, with their wonderful white […]
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HMS Dreadnought Returns to the Memorial Gardens
Refurbished and back from the dry dock, we are pleased to announce the return of HMS Dreadnought to the Memorial Gardens. The replica battleship has been planted and looks great in its new position. Along with the pair of SE5a bi-planes and lone soldier, HMS Dreadnought formed part of the display which was installed to […]
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25,000 Bulbs Being Planted Across Amersham!
Over the past couple of weeks bloom volunteers, members of the Town Council team and pupils from Stony Dean School have joined forces to commence a project to plant over 25,000 bulbs throughout Amersham. We have planted tulips, daffodils, alliums, bluebells, crocuses, snowdrops and snowflakes (the latter have been planted in Chiltern Avenue amongst the […]
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Plenty Of Blooms Throughout Amersham
It may be mid-October but there are still plenty of blooms throughout Amersham. The pockets of wildflowers, tubs and borders are unseasonably pretty, offering a wealth of colour and interest in today’s sunshine. As the season draws to a close, the Town Council would like to thank the ever-committed bloom volunteers, the talented leaders of […]
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