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Harmony Woods – a new community woodland

Posted on 03/06/202103/06/2021 by Graeme Davis

Harmony Woods is part of the Jubilee Woods complex found on Augusta Park. The project to create a new community woodland was started in 2012 by Andover Trees United. The ‘woodland’ has been planted using mainly deciduous native trees by school children and other community volunteers. The plan for the woodland is to have woodland…

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Wild garlic in the woods

Wild garlic – Seasonal foraging and food

Posted on 14/03/202121/11/2021 by Holly Ridout

Last spring, like most of us during the lockdown, I did a lot of exploring in my local area. While wandering through the woodlands and coppices I had discovered on the Dorset/Wiltshire border, I came across loads of wild garlic (Allium ursinum) growing on the forest floors. That was when I first decided to pick…

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