Conservation Site – Volunteer Working days 2011

January 18, 2011 by Leave a comment

The Conservation site on the Highworth road is now in its final stage of clearance. We still have some final jobs to do before we can start to lay the foundations for the pathway on the site. We will need help from our village volunteers to move a large amount of gravel from one ton bags onto the pathway as well as working on the removal of a large amount of tree branches and larger trunk logs for use on the site.

Work is also underway to prepare the planting layout for the site as well as preparing the locations for the two bridges, hides and out door teaching area. The SMAWL group is also putting together our applications for Grant funding to help us raise the additional funds we require to purchase the many items we need in order to complete this years planned work.

In order to establish a regular working routine for 2011 we have put together a list of Volunteer working dates for the year.

These will be on the 3rd Saturday of each month and commence at 10am and finish at 4pm. As usual there will be a morning break for refreshments and a break for lunch. Every one is welcome to join us for the day and a part of the day. A great way to get out doors with the family and help to build something that all the village residents will be able to enjoy.

Volunteer Saturday Working dates

  • February 19th
  • March 19th
  • April 16th
  • May 21st
  • June 18th
  • July 16th
  • August 20th
  • September 17th
  • October 15th
  • November 19th

If there are any questions about these days or if you would like to know more about our group please contact either Brian McGlone: 826243 or Barry Thunder: 826697.

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SMAWL Volunteer work day – Updated with photos

November 18, 2010 by Leave a comment

There was  a good turn out of volunteers on Saturday 13th November. As well as the regular volunteers there were several new ones. It was a mixed group of adults and children which was good.  Many thanks to all who took part.

The tasks carried out were:

  • to clear roots from the excavated soil from the formation of the pathway route.
  • rotavation of some of the planting areas
  • removal of dead branches from trees
  • pollarding of hedge
  • removal of dead materials.

Here are some photographs of the work in progress.

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Pathway Layout

November 13, 2010 by Leave a comment

Photographs taken on 12th November showing the work carried out to form the foundation base layer of the pathway and bridge entrances. The next stage will be to place a geotextile fabric and top with sub base aggregates.

 



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SMAWL Winning Designs

October 18, 2010 by Leave a comment

Below are the winning designs from the SMAWL Conservation Area Design competition. Click on them to view the designs in more detail and read their designers accompanying notes.

Ray Harley

Emily Vareth

Ann Griffith

Christina Newton

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SMAWL Conservation Morning

October 13, 2010 by Leave a comment

The next SMAWL Conservation day is scheduled for:

Date: Saturday 13th November

Time: 10:00 -> 12:30

Where: Conservation Area, Highworth Road, South Marston

All volunteers welcome. Coffee, Tea and Biscuits will be available. Time spent is flexible from 30 minutes to a full day when you are available. If you would like to register your name as a volunteer on our volunteer list contact Brian McGlone 826243.

For photos of previous conservation days, visit our Gallery

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SMAWL Design Competition Winners

September 26, 2010 by Leave a comment

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SMAWL – 2nd October 2010

September 22, 2010 by Leave a comment

We are planning our next site working morning for Saturday 2nd October from 9:30 to 12:30.

Please come along and help us to build a site for all the village to use. We provide the tools, tea & biscuits. You provide the energy to do the work. Bring the family to the site on the Highworth Road.

All volunteers welcome.

For more information call Barry on 826697.

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New Photo Gallery: SMAWL Working Parties

July 25, 2010 by Leave a comment

The work done by SMAWL is demonstrating great community spirit within South Marston. To celebrate this, we have consolidated all of the photos taken during the Working Parties to date into a new photo gallery.

We are still hoping to add some other galleries to the website, e.g. Views of the Village, Historical photos. If you would like to provide some images for these or some other galleries, then please follow the details here.

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SMAWL competition updates

July 23, 2010 by Leave a comment

Conservation and the environment were major features at this years’ fete with both the village conservation group (SMAWL) and Wiltshire Wildlife Trust having stands.

‘We have been overwhelmed at the number of entries we had to our conservation area design competition and wanted to show some of them to the village’ said Barry Thunder, chairman of SMAWL. ‘People were really impressed by the creativity and thought that had been put into them. We also took the opportunity to show people pictures of some of the work we have been doing and answer their questions about the site.’

‘Neil Burchell and I also had a lot of offers of help ‘ added Barry ‘ and we hope to see our numbers swelled at our next working party on Saturday the 24th of July and beyond.’

Several residents in the village contributed prizes to SMAWL, so that they could hold a prize draw at the fete and the lucky winners were.

Top prize of a Wicker Hamper of Bath Products from local company Aquileia was won by Kirsty Jones

Other prize winners were: -

  • Roy and Carol Chambers
  • Amanda Hancock
  • April Stoneham
  • Thomas Skey
  • Hazel Beaver
  • Tony Heath
  • Alex
  • April Chambers
  • J Tomlinson

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SMAWL – Conservation site

June 18, 2010 by Leave a comment

South Marston Assiting Wildlife

The volunteer evening held on the 17th June at the conservation site was well attended with volunteers (9 adults + 4 children. The work carried out was to keep the site clear for people to visit and envisage their ideas for the competition. We are hopeful on receiving a variety of ideas.

We are looking for additional volunteers to carry out the future work. Time spent is flexible from 30 minutes to a full day when you are available. If you would like to register your name as a volunteer on our volunteer list contact Barry Thunder 826697 or Brian McGlone 826243.

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