A glorious sunny day to be out doing good deeds with The Friends of Oaken Grove Park and Wild Maidenhead! Roberta, Claire, Louis, Carys and I had an easy but active morning alongside task owners Dave and Rach and lots of other lovely volunteers.

First we worked at the wildflower beds, covering thistles with pieces of cardboard and spreading woodchip over the cardboard to stop the thistles from dominating the area. The woodchip had to be wheelbarrowed across the park so that made for a good workout.

We met a nice frog in the wildflower bed and returned him to the pond area. Rach also pointed out a pretty yellow moth chrysalis, which we miraculously managed to not run over with the wheelbarrow.

Then we headed over to the community orchard to mulch around the apple trees, which were looking very healthy.

The Friends need ongoing help maintaining these areas and also creating a wildlife pond, so we hope to be back again soon.

Adam went off on a litter pick whilst Jen, Caroline, Mick and Louis grabbed a rake or pitchfork and joined the BBOWT and Friends of The Millie volunteers to rake up the reeds and nettles that had been cut down by a team who had attended earlier in the week.