Under a bright autumn sun, the planting began. As beautiful as Childwall Woods is, especially in spring, there are always ways to make it more spectacular. That’s what Friends of Childwall Woods were doing on Sunday. Six different species of native woodland flowers were identified by our ecologists and sourced…
The history walk proved to be very popular as even the most persistent drizzle couldn’t dampen the enthusiasm and curiosity of the group. Childwall Woods and Fields gave up a few of its secrets to the group who heard about Childwall Hall and its links to the wealthy Gascoyne…
Art event. Silhouette Pictures to celebrate 50 years of the Apollo moon landing in 1969 A sunny clearing in the woods saw the commemorative Art Event unfold. With an audience of 8, Pam and John led the activity, taking their listeners through the events of 1969 when Apollo 11 became…
A lovely afternoon was had by Friends of Childwall Woods and Fields on Saturday 6th July talking about the woods and fields, the history of the site, the ecology of the site and all our education and conservation activities.
If you walked through the woods on Sunday 30th June you would have been surprised by the gang of people drilling, hammering, and generally being creative. They were 14 busy workers, apart from the Friends of Childwall Woods and Fields committee members who turned up to make homes for our…
The rain stopped just in time for the band to start playing, the tea and coffee to start flowing and the cakes to be consumed. The atmosphere was friendly with everyone chatting and looking happy. So pleasant on the patio of Hope University Common Room. Two Friends of Childwall Woods…
Many insects and butterflies rely on wildflowers as a place to live and find shelter, to lay eggs, to gather pollen or to just eat. Maintaining a diversity of wildflowers is important to the health and beauty of the site and that is why these volunteers spent Mothers day planting on the…
This event was organised by Trees4kids and all of the saplings were provided by them. Many tiny saplings were planted in the woods not far from the path where they will help to re-establish areas that had been trampled and were bare. Saplings planted included Oak, Roan, Hazel, Hawthorn, Elder, Holly and…
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Photographs from the art event in Childwall Woods held in our new gazebo on Sunday 25th November 2018.
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David Howatson (Treasurer) and Pam Leadbeater (Vice-chair) attended Childwall in Bloom’s Fundraising event held at Liverpool Hope University on Sunday 24th June.