Progress at Redland Green
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
If you think that community action is pointless then think again. A couple of years ago – partly as an offshoot of Sustainable Redland – a group met to thrash out how best to support and improve our local green space ‘Redland Green’. The City Council was getting conflictin local views from walkers, cyclists, dog owners, young people, old people, parents, tree lovers, tree haters, people who like things neat, and people who like things wild. So the group worked out what it was that everyone cared about, and found ways of getting the best overall plans. And the result? New hedge-planting done by local residents in a way that enhances biodiversity, four ancient trees being pruned instead of felled, new litter bins, and wooden bollards to protect the grass from cars. The group is called ‘Redland Green Community Group’ and is still going strong.
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