local outdoors Lochwinnoch
RSPB Events Bookings and information phone number: 01505 842663.
Sat 5th Nov - 11am – 4pm - Young Volunteers Group
Join us for the monthly Young Volunteers club, with activities including bird surveying, outdoor
work, fi nding out more about RSPB campaigns and much more. Booking essential. Young persons aged between 12 and 18 can participate. Participants will be registered as RSPB volunteers.
Tue 23rd Nov - 7.30-9pm - Film Show An opportunity to watch one of the RSPB’s top selling
wildlife fi lms in the comfort of the visitor centre, with a cup of tea or coffee. Booking essential. Cost: £2 RSPB members, £4 non-members
Sat 26th & Sun 27th Nov - 10am – 4pm - Optics Weekend
Last chance before Christmas! Choose from a wide range of competitively priced binoculars and telescopes, including RSPB Optics, with the added bonus that 100% of the profi ts go directly to helping conservation. FREE expert advice available all weekend.
Sun 27th Nov - 11am -4pm - Tree Day - Part of National tree week
Trees are all around us but what do we know about them? Join us today to fi nd out all about the different types of trees on the reserve and how important they are for wildlife, take some tree rubbings and help us plant some new saplings/take one home to plant. Cost: £5 (includes native sapling tree).
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In The Garden November Project: - Green and White
Sort out that shady spot: dig in plenty of garden compost to improve the soil, and then plant shade- tolerant white plants. They’ll put on a ravishing green-and-white show come spring and summer.
Dicentra ‘Alba’ [Bleeding Heart] has pure white heart-shaped fl owers which dangle from the arching fl ower stems of this delightful plant in late spring and early summer. Dicentra is a hardy plant and although it grows in light shade it will also do well in a sunny border provided the soil stays suffi ciently moist. Plant in autumn or spring and keep sheltered from frosts and strong winds. Clumps of dicentra remain compact for many years and do not like to be disturbed. Instead, try taking root cuttings in late winter..
Astrantia ‘Shaggy’ has pretty, white, pincushion fl owers with a collar of extra long, green tipped petals. The fl owers are excellent for cutting and drying. It is fully hardy, is one of the best pale varieties and copes with damp soil in dappled shade. Plant between autumn and spring and divide large clumps in spring.
Geranium phaeum ‘Album’ is a suitable plant for shady spots and will thrive in damp soil. It produces small, nodding, white fl owers with yellow centres in late spring to early summer.
It is hardy,
trouble-free to grow and makes excellent ground cover.
Plants can be propagated by digging them up and dividing them in spring.
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