{"id":14577,"date":"2024-08-05T00:02:27","date_gmt":"2024-08-04T23:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=14577"},"modified":"2024-09-07T13:12:30","modified_gmt":"2024-09-07T12:12:30","slug":"we-have-achieved-7-green-flag-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=14577","title":{"rendered":"Successful Orchard Pruning"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"5\" \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9060\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?attachment_id=9060\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wildlife-2.jpg?fit=100%2C102\" data-orig-size=\"100,102\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"wildlife 2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wildlife-2.jpg?fit=100%2C102\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wildlife-2.jpg?fit=100%2C102\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9060\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wildlife-2.jpg?resize=100%2C102\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"102\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Wenvoe Wildlife Group<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"5\" \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Successful Orchard Pruning<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A successful Orchard Pruning course was organised by the Vale of Glamorgan Council&#8217;s Nature Partnership group and held at the Community Orchard. Enabling this to happen was a great team effort. The Church Hall was hired for discussions and refreshments and Mike Tucker and members of the Environment Team turned out at the weekend to clear the footpath from Vennwood Close to the Playing Fields. The Council arranged for the Orchard to be cut and the Wildlife Group had the noticeboard repainted. Three members of the Wildlife Group attended the course which covered summer pruning techniques, tool usage and safety. We hope further courses will be organised in the future.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?attachment_id=14591\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14591\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14591\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?attachment_id=14591\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Picture2.png?fit=500%2C348\" data-orig-size=\"500,348\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Picture2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Picture2.png?fit=300%2C209\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Picture2.png?fit=500%2C348\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14591\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Picture2.png?resize=500%2C348\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Picture2.png?w=500 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Picture2.png?resize=300%2C209 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We were delighted to receive a donation of \u00a3200 from the new Care Home &#8211; Glenburnie Lodge. This followed a nomination by Mike and Glenys Tucker as their chosen local charity. We continue to receive occasional donations from local residents, and we would like to extend our thanks to them for their continued support.<\/p>\n<p>The wildlife cameras are recording some fascinating wildlife including Tawny Owls, Weasels and Badgers<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"5\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wenvoe Wildlife Group Successful Orchard Pruning &nbsp; A successful Orchard Pruning course was organised by the Vale of Glamorgan Council&#8217;s Nature Partnership group and held at the Community Orchard. Enabling this to happen was a great team effort. The Church Hall was hired for discussions and refreshments and Mike Tucker and members of the Environment Team turned out at the [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6cWjO-3N7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14607,"url":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=14607","url_meta":{"origin":14577,"position":0},"title":"Successful Orchard Pruning Course","author":"Alan Williams","date":"7th September 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Wenvoe Wildlife Group Successful Orchard Pruning Course A successful Orchard Pruning course was organised by the Vale of Glamorgan Council's Nature Partnership group and held at the Community Orchard. 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