The purple flowers amongst the daisies are corncockle. Ed Cross provided the seeds from Abbey Farm at Flitcham. We had quite a display this summer.

Early summer is when the Meadow is looking at its best. This year the annuals put on a fine display of poppies, cornflowers, daisies and corncockle.

Little did we reaise just how quickly the cowslips would increase. We did have a few last year, but we are amazed to see so many, so soon. There must be over 1,000 out there, now, in mid-April.

We have been pleased to see a good number of people, both locals and visitors, enjoying the meadow while we have been working.  The team, like many of our regular volunteers and walkers, are now waiting for the Spring to see

Janek, from JD Gardening, our tree expert, carrried out an on-site annual review at the end of November.

It has all been a bit frantic over the past couple of months as we tidied up after the dry summer and prepared everything for next year.