New Beckett Park bench
This is our new bench, installed by our Saturday volunteers today, on the university boundary near the playground and tennis courts. ...
Beckett Park path improvements
Leeds Becketts University have generously donated a load of wood-chip which we're using to improve several boggy footpaths, including the...
BATCLIFFE WOOD VOLUNTEER DAY
The next Friends of Batcliffe Woods Volunteer day is Thursday 10th March, 10.00 til 3.00. Location and Timings: Meet by the gated...
HELP PLANT YOUR NEW WOODLAND
As part of the City wide initiative to plant more trees and to help combat climate change, we have a planting date for Beckett Park of...
FRIENDS OF BATCLIFFE WOOD VOLUNTEER DAY
The next Friends of Batcliffe Woods Volunteer day is Monday 22nd November. Location and Timings: We will be meeting by the gated entrance...
Haymaking time!
Can you help with scything on Saturday morning? Last Saturday we scythed half of our wildflower patch. By removing the cut grass we...
New bench for the meadow
We've designed and made a new bench for Beckett Park. This morning Andrew, Alex, Jim and Marcus installed it in the north-west corner of...
The final tree guard!
We've just finished constructing the last tree guard to protect the new Japanese cherries along the main path. Thanks to Alex, Jim,...
Help us make a wildflower patch
The Friends of Batcliffe Wood are meeting from 10-1.00 on Wednesday 28th April to sow a patch of wildflowers. If you'd like to join us,...
Thanks, the Sakura project and our volunteers
Who'd have thought our new cherries donated by the Japanese embassy would have given us such a lovely display of flowers only a month a...