Editor’s Introduction
We have now completed our first cycle of seasonal magazines launching in autumn 2023 and travelling through winter, spring and now summer. In each issue we have tried to provide information about the natural environment around Betchworth and offer opportunities to residents to work as a community to protect and help nature and encourage practises that enable us to live more sustainably.
As our cover image depicts – working for a more sustainable future is a journey. We have much to celebrate and appreciate – over the past year our group of supporters has steadily increased (our mail list has 172 members). We are particularly grateful to the people who have participated in our initiatives – the 70 people who pledged and planted trees during our Queen’s Canopy Campaign, the 40 people who are growing wildflowers as part of our B-Line project, the local businesses that have supported our initiatives, the 20 people who joined our Wildflower Wander walks, the 12 people who joined our apple pruning workship and the many children and parents who joined our monthly Forest School. It is your active participation that gives meaning to what we are doing.
It has also been gratifying to see how our friends in Buckland have seen value in our efforts and they too are trying to gain support in their community for their own mini wildflower meadow project.
To cap it all, we won the Emerging Talent Award at Surrey Wildlife Trust’s new Community Champion Awards Ceremony (see below).
I am handing over Editorship to James Benn who will steer us through the next 12 months. We can look back with pride on what we have accomplished and look forward with optimism to the year ahead.
Norman Jackson (Editor)
As our cover image depicts – working for a more sustainable future is a journey. We have much to celebrate and appreciate – over the past year our group of supporters has steadily increased (our mail list has 172 members). We are particularly grateful to the people who have participated in our initiatives – the 70 people who pledged and planted trees during our Queen’s Canopy Campaign, the 40 people who are growing wildflowers as part of our B-Line project, the local businesses that have supported our initiatives, the 20 people who joined our Wildflower Wander walks, the 12 people who joined our apple pruning workship and the many children and parents who joined our monthly Forest School. It is your active participation that gives meaning to what we are doing.
It has also been gratifying to see how our friends in Buckland have seen value in our efforts and they too are trying to gain support in their community for their own mini wildflower meadow project.
To cap it all, we won the Emerging Talent Award at Surrey Wildlife Trust’s new Community Champion Awards Ceremony (see below).
I am handing over Editorship to James Benn who will steer us through the next 12 months. We can look back with pride on what we have accomplished and look forward with optimism to the year ahead.
Norman Jackson (Editor)
Re-B team Top left to right – Debbie , Hilary, Norman & Sue, Bottom left to right James, Martin. Milla and Claire