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First Meet-ups of 'Friends of Lockdown Woods' complete!

It's official - our first month of 'Friends of Lockdown Woods' meetings is completed! A group of 9 met at Goldwell Park on Sunday 11th of...

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Orchard Extension with Growing Newbury Green Goes Ahead

Congratulations to our Lockdown Woods team who joined forces with Growing Newbury Green over the Easter holiday weekend to finish the...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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