Next working Party: Tuesday 30th September 2:30-4:30 Do register here if you’d like to help save Paradise Local Nature Reserve from infestation with the invasive plant, Himalayan Balsam.
We are working in a lovely, very wild meadow in Newnham to which there’s no public access. The elderly “license owner” is losing the battle with the invading Himalayan Balsam, and very much welcomes our help. If allowed to continue spreading, this outgrowth will threaten Paradise Nature Reserve, just downstream
A very useful team joined us in small working party on Wedneday 24 Sept to pull up late flowering Himalayan Balsam plants from a private field beside the Cam in Newnham, Cambridge. This outgrowth is threatening Paradise Nature Reserve. We made great progress completely clearing over half the visible infestation in two hours, before the need for tea and cake became overwhelming.
We’re having another working party on Tuesday 30th Sept 2:30-4:30, attempting to finish the job. Do register here if you’d like to help.
If Himalayan Balsam is left, it grows into massive plants, and spreads rapidly, completely overwhelming everything else.
