Spring is Blooming in West Farleigh

April: Spring is Blooming in West Farleigh

During the past month the WF in Bloom team have been busy on the triangle at the top of Teston Lane. Our aim is to promote this as a welcoming view of the village and an actively managed wildlife area - whilst ensuring that visibility remains clear for all traffic on the roads.

The team tidied up brambles and planted new bulbs and colourful plants – many divided from our own gardens, then all enjoyed a well-earned cuppa and tasty snack.

In addition to the ‘Bug Hutch’ there are also 5 new bird boxes that our Farleigh Feathers feature writer Ray has built. He plans to give us all updates on their prospective inhabitants in his monthly column here in Lifeline and on www.thefarleighs.co.uk

Thank-you to everyone who answered our call for pallets on the Farleigh’s Facebook page. They are perfect for making Bird Boxes and another 2 have been strapped to trees in the Churchyard.

We plan to have a sale of more new bird boxes at the Plant Fair being held at the church on Sunday 12th May, 11am – 4pm, these would make great gifts or worthwhile additions to any garden.

The Bloom team will also be making cream teas and would love to see as many people as possible come along. They will also be able to appreciate the hard work that is going into the Churchyard as that too is being entered into a separate category of South and South East in Bloom this year as well. Our next meeting is 7:30pm Thursday 28th March at Dandelion Time, Charlton Lane.