About
Mad About Moths
Friday 1st September 8pm until late.
Epping Green Millennium Garden, Epping Green
Interested in learning more about the nightlife on nature reserves? Join us for our annual moth trapping event. We will also be walking around the site with bat detectors and looking out for other signs of nocturnal wildlife. Hot drinks will be available, dress warm and bring a torch!
Please park respectfully. Free entry, donations for refreshments appreciated. Children are welcome but must be accompanied by an adult.
Booking is essential - call 01992 564224. In case of bad weather, the event may be cancelled.
About the Millennium Garden
The idea for the Millennium Garden began back in January 1999, when Countrycare was approached by Epping Upland Parish Council with an idea to create a wildlife garden for the millennium on an area of redundant allotments within the village. In July 1999, the Parish Council with the assistance of Countrycare made an application to the Lottery 'Awards for all' and were successful with a bid of £1,500. This provided funding for the planting of 800 trees and the seeding of part of the site with wildflowers.
Countrycare volunteers worked on clearing the site of bramble and planted a 100m hedge on the western boundary in 2000. Since then the wildflower meadow has been cut once a year to remove the competitive grasses and encourage the wildflowers to grow. Wildflowers such as black knapweed and vetches can now be seen growing in the meadow.
The trees planted as a hedgerow in 2000 are now old enough to lay. Hedgelaying is an ancient technique for creating a stock proof barrier once used by farmers. Today it is mostly used for aesthetics, however it also prolongs the life of the hedge and makes it bushier which provides a good habitat for wildlife.
About Countrycare
Epping Forest Countrycare is Epping Forest District Council’s award winning Countryside Management Service. It is the key resource for advice, information and practical assistance on the countryside, nature conservation and wildlife law. Countrycare undertakes a wide variety of community-based activities and coordinates a regular programme of practical conservation work. From coppicing trees to planting new ones, from dredging ponds to creating new ones, from planting a hedge to laying it, building countryside furniture, path maintenance and habitat creation, Countrycare and its happy band of volunteers gets stuck in. Countrycare enables children to discover the countryside and learn about their environment and holds regular events to help raise awareness and inform the community.
