The South East Rivers Trust have put together this interesting article about recent natural flood management projects being delivered through the Medway Flood Partnership across the Medway catchment. Our sister company FGS Pilcher worked on the Sissinghurst Castle & Gardens project where they restored a floodplain water meadow. Natural Flood Management (NFM) uses natural materials…
Today is World Soil Day. This day has been dedicated by the UN to raise awareness of soil health and to create positive change. The message for this year is “Soils, where food begins”. Healthy soils are the basis for healthy and nutritious food. At Habitat Regeneration we believe that effective farm management utilising some…
Habitat Regeneration have recently undertaken Downland management on a site near Snodland, Kent. We carried out in field scrub management across approximately 100 acres, removing bramble and self-seeded blackthorn with a front-mounted flail on a forestry specification tractor with a crawler gearbox. Having opened up the site, we undertook boundary management with a tractor mounted…
On the family farm we have been busy providing habitats for the next owl breeding season. We obtained funding and support to install another barn owl box on the farm in Egerton, with help from the Countryside Partnership. The site for the barn owl box was carefully selected in an area of grassland which is…
Habitat Regeneration has undertaken its third phase of works for Forestry England at their woodland creation project in Kent. For this phase of the works, we undertook vegetation management. Requirements: Spraying rows before saplings are planted to provide effective weed suppression and avoid young trees being outcompeted. Maintaining inter row sward height to avoid saplings…
Habitat Regeneration has been continuing work assisting Forestry England at their Pleasant Forest woodland creation site in Kent. Our latest phase of works included fitting 10 badger gates, erecting rabbit fencing, tree caging, mulch covering and watering. Requirements: Fitting of badger gates across the site to facilitate the free and natural movement of local badger…
We have some positive news following a recent Kentish Stour Countryside Partnership survey of restored ponds at Will Fraser’s family farm in Egerton. The Countryside Partnership undertook Environment DNA (EDNA) testing of the water which is sent off to a lab for analysis. We are pleased to announce that three of the six pond restorations…
Great news, peat is staying in bogs! The government has announced that all sales of peat to amateur gardeners in England will be banned by 2024. Peatlands are the UK’s largest carbon store but only approximately 13% of our peatlands are in a near-natural state. Bagged retail growing media accounts for 70% of the peat…
Today is World Bee Day – raising awareness on the essential role bees and other pollinators play in keeping people and the planet healthy. We are committed to enhancing habitats for bees. We are proud to assist with the creation and maintenance of habitats to promote bee and pollinator numbers, through the creation of pollinator…
This month is No Mow May. It is a campaign to encourage people to stop mowing their lawns for the whole of May. Doing this should give flowers the chance to grow and produce nectar for pollinating insects such as bees, butterflies and moths. Research has found that simple changes in mowing can result in…
