March 2023

Works to plant 71 trees along prominent roadside verges in Barrow have now been completed. Tree planting sites include Abbey Road, Portland Crescent, Brathay Crescent, Island Road (Cavendish Park) and Ormsgill Community Centre (Millstone Avenue). We secured £228,000 of funding following a successful application to the Forestry Commission’s Local Authority Treescapes Fund (LATF) to undertake …

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Back in 2021 DEFRA announced that they had given the green light to the development of a coastal forest in Cumbria. This was great news because once established, the forest will help the battle against the collapse in biodiversity and establish a store of carbon during the lifetime of the forest. It is hoped that …

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Two new volunteers have joined the Cumbria in Bloom management team in time for the 2023 awards event. Each year gardeners across the county, including school children, towns and villages, tourist attractions, businesses and communities, enter their open spaces in one or other of the Cumbria in Bloom categories – with the chance to represent …

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