St Luke’s Church Great Crosby
Grounds Project

“to create a place of beauty and a haven for people and wildlife”

Monthly work parties
Photos from 2011

8 January 2011
Brian and Ann prune the clematis during our winter tidy-up

5 March 2011
John removes prunings from the butterfly garden as the bog gardens enjoy a makeover in the background

19 March 2011
Julie and Brian prune an apple tree in the vicarage garden

2 April 2011
In April we held our wildlife activity morning – No 1 attraction was building a bug hotel under construction (above) and ready for occupation (below)

7 May 2011
Adrian, Jean and Bobby get digging in the butterfly garden

4 June 2011
Jan, Agnes, Rosemary and Marina spruce up the entrance drive

9 July 2011
Gillian, Paul, Lyn and Agnes harvest our crop of canary plums

3 September 2011
Jeff, Steve and Rosemary on the way to the compost heap after a late summer tidy up

8 October 2011
Sandra gathers up buddleia prunings in the community garden

5 November 2011
Steve & Billy put rubble in base of raised planters in new entrance garden

Midweek groundforce: 7 December 2011
Bobby and Agnes plant the new entrance garden, protected against the chill wind!

10 December 2011
The Council can no longer maintain the Princess Diana Gardens - they supplied 1,500 pansies and we did the rest!

10 December 2011
Lyn gets stuck in to planting a few pansies

Introduction
1 In the beginning
2 Transforming the Grounds
3 Developing Partnerships
4 Publicity and awards
5 Groundforce
6 A haven for wildlife?
7 Outdoor events and services

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