Conservation
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Dead hedges & ditches
This past Wednesday, a group of 65 gallant volunteers from Arup‘s environmental team came to Horsenden for an afternoon of conservation and farm volunteering activities. They split into three teams: […]
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Woodland management: thinning and horse logging
Horsenden Hill woods is ancient woodland – woodland that has existed and persisted for more than 400 hundred years. Ancient woodland is precious natural habitat that supports many species of […]
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Locklear’s Wood
A new woodland is being planned for an area of Horsenden West, in memory of Lorence Locklear, who loved Horsenden and before his untimely death in 2020 would draw creative […]
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Rohais Woods
Until last summer, these woods on the south-west side of the lane were pretty much impenetrable and were blighted by large quantities of fly-tipping and litter. The woodland was dark […]
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Developing and designing for biodiversity and good management
Horsenden has seen much innovation and development over the last few years. Creating new woodlands and orchards, deploying a working horse to assist with woodland management, managing and caring for […]
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Horsenden Heritage Orchard a new orchard for Horsenden!
An overgrown and unkempt area of woodland has been transformed into an orchard. Left to its own devices for years, this is the latest development in our plans to plant […]
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Clearing the ground for new orchard
A new orchard is set to be planted at Horsenden in Spring 2022. On Friday 8 October the Horsenden orchardeers began the serious business of clearing the overgrown area where […]