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Timeline
Looking back...
27 April 2026
New signage in position
April 2026
New benches
January 2026
New logo:
Shipton Wildflower Woods
November 2025
Website launch
3 October 2025
Meadow mowing
2 October 2025
New access path via running track
18 October 2025
Planting for Spring colour
10 August 2025
Map of new pathways
5 April 2025
Start of Volunteer Days: 1st Saturday of the month
24 July 2024
New pathways cut
July 2024
Perennials in bloom
20 April 2024
Royal Windsor Oak planted
20 March 2024
Hybrid Elms planted
9 - 31 March 2024
Community tree planting
8 February 2024
Donation of Hybrid Elms
17 February 2024
First tree (Oak) planted
13 December 2023
2nd Fundraising @ Friends of FOG Christmas Fayre
10 October 2023
SWW tea towels go on sale
12 August 2023
SWW AutoCAD plans printed with 3m grid
August 2023
A very colourful summer
July - August 2023
A stunning show of annuals
3 May 2023
Seed sowing - KS2 pupils from Forest of Galtres (FOG) Primary School
2 May 2023
Field rolled by local farmer
1 May 2023
First flower shoots appear
24 -28 April 2023
Community seed sowing
21 April 2023
Power harrowing by a local farmer
27 March 2023
SWW Assembly @ FOG Primary School
13 March 2023
Facebook / Instagram pages set up
2 March 2023
Fundraising target of £5000 reached and seeds ordered
4 February 2023
Woodland Trust visit SWW
28 February 2023
Deep Soil Inversion completed
January - March 2023
Promoting community awareness with our Fundraising Tree
15 January 2023
SWW Plan drawn with AutoCAD
2 January 2023
Drainage assessed
14 December 2022
Children's drawings for SWW tea towel
14 December 2022
Fundraising @ Friends of FOG Christmas Fayre
December 2022
First hand drawn plans for SWW
December 2022
Encouraging local support with a leaflet from SWW
December 2022
A Christmas decoration for all Shipton babies born in 2022
24 October 2022
Profile pits and soil samples taken
September 2022
Notice boards in place
September 2022
Committee formed and the site publicised
September 2022
Shipton by Beningbrough Parish Council leaflet drop
18 August 2022
Inaugural meeting and name confirmed: Shipton Wildflower Woods
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