Saturday 27 April 2024. The tree planting was successful today. 10 volunteers from the Maryburgh Men’s Shed and the Maryburgh Community Woodland Group arrived at 10:00 am today armed with spades and hammers. After, Megan explained that the new trees had to be planted as required by the Tree Preservation Order and the Highland Council […]
Part of our intention is to increase the biodiversity within the woodland. In order to achieve this, new wooden bird boxes made by the Maryburgh Men’s Shed have now been put up at various locations throughout the community woodland.
Tree felling During Wednesday 8th November and Thursday 9th November a small team from Ross-shire Tree Surgery started work on felling some of the trees. These trees had been identified as at risk of falling during the Tree Safety Survey carried out on the 22nd November 2022. The trees shown identified by blue markers on […]
10:00 am on November 4th 2023 saw a gathering of volunteers in Birch Drive, just by the Community Woodland. The group of just under 20 volunteers consisted of members of the Maryburgh Community Woodland Group, members of the Maryburgh Mens Shed as well as other Maryburgh residents. The Community Woodland Group issued everyone taking part […]
Dangerous Trees The Maryburgh Community Woodland Group have now arranged with a local Tree Surgeon to have some trees felled shortly. These trees were identified by the Tree Safety Survey carried out in November. The survey identified groups of trees that posed the greatest risk to anyone using the woodland. For safety reasons this group […]
The woodland is an irregularly shaped area of amenity land located between Birch Drive and Dunglass Road within the village. The 3.71ha site has full woodland cover, mainly broadleaves, with a mix of native and non-native species. The site was recently acquired by Maryburgh community and is a popular woodland frequently used by dog […]
Please see the following link to the latest Funding Finder from ‘Scotland’s Towns Partnership’ for an overview of funding deadline’s approaching and newly added funds. Some of these funds have application deadlines approaching. Funding Finder November 2018 Some of the grants and funding on the linked list may be applicable to groups and/or individuals within the local and […]
ATTENTION! GREAT news for Maryburgh Amenities Company (MAC)! Our community organisation is included in the latest round of the Co-op Local Community Fund and we need your help! We need you to support our project by choosing use from the available community causes by using this link, but also to share on social media to spread […]
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