Extreme gardening with
Countryside Care
SHEILA KIGGINS joins a team of Countryside Care volunteers putting Graffham Club Site to bed for the winter
Extreme gardening with Countryside Care
By SHEILA KIGGINS
Posted on 14 December 2016
The pitches of Graffham Club Site in West Sussex are ringing with the sounds of chainsaws, sledgehammers, a crackling bonfire and hissing steam. It’s not the zombie apocalypse – it’s the sound of a Countryside Care working party tidying up the site now it's closed for the winter.
Volunteers from Surrey DA have been joined by the national Countryside Care team on a week-long working party meet. The workers are spread throughout the wooded site, thinning out the sweet chestnut trees, trimming back the bushes and repairing paths and fences.
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