Bulbs Planted on Hell Wath

Watch this space !!

Last winter an area of overgrown hawthorn and blackthorn (opposite our veteran oak tree) was thinned out and cut back, exposing an area of flat ground and a bank. This allowed much more light onto the flat ground and a profusion of wildflowers, including orchids, flowered as a result.

This winter, on 30th November, a group of about 12 volunteers answered our call to help plant out 1,000 native bluebell bulbs, 1,000 wood anemones and 100 wild cyclamen bulbs across the bank. It may take a year or two for these to settle in, but we are hoping these will become established to produce a lovely show of wildflowers across the bank in Spring.