2021 started at a slow pace in the Community Tree Nursery. In the firm grip of winter, the saplings have remained dormant and quiet, ensuring that our volunteers have time to continue with the other tasks in the Community Tree Nursery, rather than direct sapling care. The first large sapling
The Land of the Fanns Landscape Partnership Scheme has worked with production company Rosa Productions and local people to create ten short films that reveal some of the wonderful places and characters in the Land of the Fanns. During the summer of 2020, local people from across the Land of
Since the last blog update, the craftsperson role has been in âfull throttleâ where myself and my colleague have been busy with the seasonal habitat management work around the Thames Chase beat and other FE sites. Our main focus has been at Jeskyns community woodland, where we spent most of
During 2019 and into 2020, Kinetika led walks across the Land of the Fanns and a series of creative workshops for people to record their stories of local places that had special significance, important characters from the community and those everyday stories that are so familiar as to become forgotten
Featured image: The cover of the booklet The Land of the Fanns wanted to make it easier for the public to understand and enjoy the local area. Eleven landscape character areas had been identified, one of which was the âWest Thurrock Quarry Townscapeâ. This âtownscapeâ had been the heart of
Across the Land of the Fanns, stories have been gathered to tell the history and celebrate the people and places of the area The Land of the Fanns Landscape Partnership Scheme will celebrate all that is special and unique about the landscape it works within in a walking and arts
The Land of the Fanns Landscape Partnership Scheme has been able to keep certain projects running over the lockdown with the help of partners and, as that now begins to ease, there is lots to report on such as the developments at Pages Wood. Pages Wood is a Forestry England
Congratulations to the the winners of the Land of the Fanns Photographic competition 2020 with the theme âLand of the Fanns in Springâ, and thank you to everyone who entered. 1st Place: Wendy Impett 2nd Place: Lesley Robinson 3rd Place: Wayne Sullivan The Land of the Fanns is an intricate
Spring has well and truly arrived at Thames Chase Trust and in the Community Tree Nursery, with sunshine, pollen and fresh green growth sweeping through and blowing off the cobwebs of winter. There has been an obvious touch of sadness this spring however, with the Visitor Centre empty and most
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