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Stroud Valleys Project

Tree planting, fencing and habitat management at various locations around the cotswolds.

You can find out more information at Stroud Valleys Project webpage

Green meadow full of flowers with a bank sloping up to the right

A spring meadow lunch

Thu 10th Apr '25Sat 12th Apr '25

A number of appointments today around the Stroud area, so I set off early to park up for the first. This was...

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A large pond in a field with vegetation in the foreground and construction equipment in the background

Heras the bank

Wed 2nd Apr '25Sat 3rd May '25

It’s been months since I went out with the Stroud Valleys Project Wednesday team, and today was a perfectly sunny day to...

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Close up of new trees planted with canes and spirals and a spade upright in the ground

Gliding in hedges

Thu 20th Mar '25Thu 20th Mar '25

Just a fabulous day of weather up at the Gliding Club with Stroud Valleys Project to plant a hedge. The target was...

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A wide vista landscape with a town in the valley, a school off to the left and two people in the field in the foreground

Hedging Humphrey’s End

Thu 6th Mar '25Thu 6th Mar '25

Been a little while since I last joined Stroud Valleys Project for some tree planting, but today was perfect weather to be...

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A set of newly planted trees covered in green square tree guards and polytunnels in the background

Wild and Wilder

Thu 20th Feb '25Fri 21st Feb '25

Returned to Good Small Farms with Stroud Valleys Project for more tree planting. I was last here in 2023, when among other...

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A large tree on a grass bank and a number of people planting trees at the top of the bank.

Planting community garden hedgerow

Thu 23rd Jan '25

The Stroud Valleys Project tree team were at Charlea Community Garden to help with a huge project to plant 3,000 trees. This...

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A bend in a stream with new trees planted in the background

Painswick stream woodland

Thu 9th Jan '25

Met up with Stroud Valleys Project to the complete the wet woodland which we started on Monday. There were more of us...

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A huge plantation of dead giant hogweed, 10 feet tall

Creating a wet woodland

Mon 6th Jan '25Mon 6th Jan '25

I got up early for the regular riverfly session with Tony. The online gauge yesterday was showing a depth of 0.56m –...

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A field cut short and all the arisings raked off. A brush cutter on the ground in the middle

Finishing the ocean meadow

Wed 30th Oct '24Fri 1st Nov '24

Second week for me at this site, and the third for Stroud Valleys Project. The aim is to restore the field back...

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Annual Reflections

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