The Land of the Fanns Landscape Partnership Scheme has been able to keep certain projects running over the lockdown with the help of partners and, as that now begins to ease, there is lots to report on such as the developments at Pages Wood. Pages Wood is a Forestry England
Congratulations to the the winners of the Land of the Fanns Photographic competition 2020 with the theme āLand of the Fanns in Springā, and thank you to everyone who entered. 1st Place: Wendy Impett 2nd Place: Lesley Robinson 3rd Place: Wayne Sullivan The Land of the Fanns is an intricate
Spring has well and truly arrived at Thames Chase Trust and in the Community Tree Nursery, with sunshine, pollen and fresh green growth sweeping through and blowing off the cobwebs of winter. There has been an obvious touch of sadness this spring however, with the Visitor Centre empty and most
This fabulous project to record ā55 Featuresā in historic parks and gardens of all kinds, builds on a series of vibrant training workshop sessions run by the Land of the Fanns, delivered by The Gardens Trust and supported by the Essex Gardens Trust (EGT). After desk-top and on-site training our
A busy winter saw the heritage projects progressing with new volunteers who joined several training courses and events.Ā Many parks and open spaces in this area have historic landscape features, many by Humphry Repton and Capability Brown, so by engaging with Essex Gardens Trust, and their enthusiasticĀ tutor, Twigs Way,
We are running a series of training days for local heritage or environmentally focussed small charities and voluntary groups to gain useful knowledge across various aspects of fundraising, managing volunteers and working with different communities. Epitome Consultancy and Training will run the day long courses at the Havering Volunteer Centre,
The Battle of Britain took place in the long hot summer of 1940. 2020 will be the 80th anniversary of the conflict in which RAF Hornchurch played a major role in the defence of London as the base to three squadrons of Spitfires. The former airfield has since become Hornchurch
Congratulations to the winners of the Land of the Fanns Drawing competition 2019 with the theme ālandscape and / or heritageā, and thank you to everyone who entered. 1st Place: Steve Green, Towards Orsett Fen (featured image) 2nd Place: Christina French, Harold Wood Polyclinic tree 3rd Place: Robert Stevenson, Parklands
Thanks to the National Lottery Heritage Fund, the Land of the Fanns and funds from our community cafe, Bulphan villagers are celebrating the installation of their new sign to mark the beginning of the Mardyke Way*. ā¦..and this is who unveiled it: Mrs Clarinda Richards. Born in 1841 and known
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