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Barn Crescent Planted

The 9 January 2021 planting event in Barn Crescent was changed, for Covid 19 safety. We had volunteers in their domestic 'bubbles' to pla...

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Goldwell Park Site Planted!

We are excited to announce our flagship Lockdown in Goldwell Park, Newbury was planted out last weekend in the beautiful sunshine by our ...

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Hungerford Marsh Lockdown Wood Planted

The first Lockdown Wood has been planted! About 40 people braved the winter chill today to plant 860 young trees in Westbrook Down, above...

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Homegrown Saplings and Dedications delayed

Due to increased measures with COVID-19 we have had to make the difficult decision to delay the planting of our homegrown saplings and de...

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HS2 Eviction of Jone's Hill Woods goes ahead

After months of protests and bitter nights spent camping up in the trees, Jone's Hill Wood has finally been cleared of activists. The anc...

Deadline for Sapling Registration for 2020 - 10th October

Hi all, With the project reaching an exciting turning point, we now need to move on to planning the planting of your lovely, home-grown s...

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Lockdown Woods features on BBC Berkshire

We are excited to announce our story has been covered on the press! Check out our coverage over on BBC at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-e...

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Sites for Lockdown Woods Revealed

The Lockdown Woods project is delighted to be able to announce the locations of our first three Lockdown Woods! These will be planted dur...

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Sapling Swap Shop is ready for business

With more and more lovely people on board with the project, we are beginning to find saplings being grown that sadly aren't the right spe...

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Tesco chooses Paper over Plastics

Newbury Friends of the Earth are celebrating the news that Tesco have decided to roll out paper bags to replace the plastic ones that hav...

Newbury Recycling Centre closed to the Hampshire Border

From the 1st of August, residents over the Hampshire border will no longer be able to use the recycling centre at Newtown Road, due to in...

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Friends of the Earth Newbury is Online!

Welcome to our brand new website to help our members stay connected and informed. Check in here for any new updates on our projects and a...

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