Thursday 13th and (TBC) Friday 14th February
10am – 2pm
Read more about this survey here: Penwith Farms Survey Page
In May, CREST trainees made a repair to a part of a hedge on Bosavern Community Farm via an Introduction Course whilst more advanced trainees practiced a style build. Now, we’d like to revisit the farm and take a good look at this and the other hedges, looking especially at Wildlife on this special farm which aims to serve both nature and the community. This farm has allowed their hedges to support as much life as possible or support the environmentally friendly productivity of the Farm. With beautiful views and a mysterious, rarely seen standing stone in one of the field, this small farm presents the fun challenge of trying to survey all of their hedges, which we can definitely compare to previous data sets when this farm was surveyed 14 years ago.
Please be sure to book both or one of these days by contacting us below – we have a limited capacity for how many people we can take onto this farm.
Andrew Cockshaw and Cherish Maxwell from CREST will train volunteers on the day in everything they need to know for a fun and successful survey, the farmer and people who volunteer and work on the farm will provide us with further insights.
We’ll be embracing the winter, encouraging everyone to wrap up warm and bring their thermos as we take a good walk around several historic hedges on each farm. We’ll be sharing insights and stories from the farmers that tell us how these hedges were made, how they were used and any local folklore that feeds into our survey.
BOSAVERN COMMUNITY FARM DIRECTIONS
Bosavern Community Farm
St Just
Penzance
Cornwall TR19 7RD
Google maps link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/YhhVXi7Z3UERCngd9
Directions: BY CAR: From A30 – take the A30 to the Mount Misery Roundabout on the edge of Penzance. Take the A3071 towards St Just. Before entering the town of St Just, take the left for the B3306 signposted for Land’s End Airport. As you descend the hill, look out on your left for Bosavern Community Farm.
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