Tag: Bremner Street

Bremner Street corner

Bremner Street corner was tidied up again this weekend.  The condition of the corner was pretty good. Not too much litter (thanks, Otley), only about a bin bag full.

The majority of the work was to clear the name of the road, weed at the front of the corner and trim back those bushes which were growing onto the pavement.  Behind the front bushes there was a bit of scrubbing up of small plants and a discussion on what to do with the laurels in the midst and the opportunity to plant another fine tree at the rear. 

Lovely weather with small birds singing their hearts out.  Thanks to everyone for turning up and helping.

We put out new bird boxes in the winter and that is one of the reasons the birds were singing.

Bremner Street corner last got a tidy-up in July 2017.

Snowdrops are coming up

The snowdrops that we planted around Otley in September are beginning to flower. We began to see them early in January, and now with any luck they should be showing at all the sites where we planted them. There are definitely snowdrop flowers at Gasworks Corner and Bremner Street, more are appearing all the time. Thank you again to everyone who helped us.

Big Garden Birdwatch 2016

It’s the Big Garden Birdwatch on 30th-31st January.  Organised by the RSPB, the idea is to count the wild birds that land in your garden or a local park for one hour on the 30th or 31st January.  There’s a simple tick-box form to fill in and send off, for further details see the RSPB website.

We are hoping to count birds on some of the sites we’ve worked on or put bird boxes on, such as Bremner Street, Gasworks Corner, Craven Street, Myers Croft Beck, the Memorial Garden, weather permitting.

November tasks

On 1st November we had two tasks to do.

Some of us worked at Bremner Street doing some pruning, including cutting back an oversized prickly shrub that was growing out over the pavement.

Others started on a new project, helping to improve the garden at the front of the Fire Station beside Sainsburys.  They planted up a tub of Fiery plants (I think the names are fiery, not the actual plants), and removed loads of elder and brambles from the rose garden. More is planned – watch this space.