We’re approaching the end of winter and spring is on its way! With that in mind, we decided to take a closer look at one of the most popular projects our charity, Rimrose Valley Friends, has delivered in recent years.
The creation of a wildflower meadow at the centre of the old Chaffers’ running track reinvigorated a neglected section of the parkland and received incredible financial support from the surrounding community and environmental funders alike. Since its original sowing in 2019, the wildflower meadow has become an annual attraction and has become both an incredible visual display and a new habitat for bees, butterflies, and other pollinators… scooping a prestigious Defra award in the process.
But what has this got to do with the campaign to Save Rimrose Valley? Well, the purpose of the project was to raise the profile of Rimrose Valley, to attract new visitors and to encourage people to care about it enough to fight for its future.
In this episode you will hear how it is very much ‘mission accomplished’ and that the once disused running track has now become one of the jewels of this incredible parkland and a vital, free facility - benefiting people’s health and wellbeing.