Southmead News and What’s On Issue 85 Spring 2026 FREE Donations Welcome
Acts of Hope
around them to give them the best start. Accompanied by hot cups of tea of course! id you hear that we have We were also joined by children planted more than two from the Raised In Bristol on-site hundred new trees at Greenway? In nursery at Greenway. It was such a joy February, thanks to our wonderful to see their curiosity, especially for the partners Forest of Avon Trust, there is worms we found which we even now a mini-woodland running between wished good luck as we put them back Greenway and Badock’s Wood school, in the soil! crea�ng a wildlife corridor with Plan�ng a tree can be a powerful Badock’s Wood Nature Reserve to give act of hope, one in which us ordinary safe passage to wildlife in Southmead. people can create las�ng impact and Huge thanks to our local volunteers make a commitment to our future. We who came along to dig in, get muddy, hope it helps wildlife get a meal, make and make the day a great community a nest, or raise their young amongst event. They braved the drizzle to spade the tree branches. We can wonder the holes, hammer in stakes, press in who will enjoy the shade of the tree the new trees, and place tree guards we planted in ten, fi�y, or a hundred By: Ella Tainton Climate and Nature Ac�on Coordinator Southmead Dev Trust
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Spring Super Saturday The Old Youth Centre Building Remembrance Garden Plan�ng Youth Thriving at The Ranch Southmead Songs of Praise Southmead Seed Swap New Southmead SEND School Thanks Techy Tea Party! Celebra�ng our Repair Cafe Sober Wolf at Greenway Sexual Health Support Launch Neighbours Going Strong Info, Times and Places Southmead Fes�val