Essex & Suffolk National Trust Volunteers

A great turnout in the heat, for our second visit of the year to Copt Hall Marshes. This time we

A visit to the other end of our region this week, to work with Ranger Lloyd at Dunwich. There were

A handful of us braved the hottest day of the year at Danbury Commons, primarily to undertake a Land Condition

Some sore heads this morning were quickly cleared by the North Sea air at Northey Island. This is another site

We were out of sequence this week, as circumstances beat our last planned task. And we visited Copt Hall Marshes

This task – we returned to Thorington Hall, to support gardener Lisa. Once again, we helped to blitz the grounds

This Sunday, we were back to a familiar property – Pin Mill, and working with a new Ranger – David

A second visit for the year to Dedham – this time working at Bridges Farm – and once again we

This Sunday, we were back at Lower Barn Farm in Dedham Vale, where there were a variety of tasks to

Our second post-lockdown-3 task was an unusual one for us – working at a National Trust Holidays property. It was

This Sunday we were back to Danbury Common for the first time since March! In addition to scrub clearing, this

A visit to Moorats Park in Dedham for this task saw us working to repair a section of fence, including

A very cold, frosty start to our last task of 2017. We worked at the far end of Dedham Hall

A great turnout of volunteers on a lovely sunny day meant we were able to really attack the exterior hedge,

Second visit of the year to Bourne Mill in Colchester to do a site tidy. Most parts of the grounds

A day of laurel-lopping! The saying that many hands make light work was never truer than today, as a hard-working

This week it felt great to get back to a classic slash and burn task! We were on the heathland

A change to the original programme saw a number of us convene on Orford Ness for our second task of

That time of year again! This task was the annual clearance of the mill pond at Flatford. This maintenance is

Third task in a row at Ickworth, but this time we were working in the walled garden, weeding/clearing a couple

Another session cutting back the hedge along the Albana Walk, and this week we finished it! Well, the field side

More hedge-trimming along the Albana Walk this week at Ickworth House. We’re making good progress! Well done to everyone who

Adam kindly hosted a BBQ at his house after the task at Orford Ness, and it was very much enjoyed

This week’s task was a rare visit to Orford Ness to tackle some Red Valerian that was unwanted. This Red