The Green Team

Volunteers have been dedicating time and energy to maintaining the green spaces in Whitchurch on Thames. They have been organised either informally or in more formal groups, such as WOTHABS, MOWS or the Village Green Working Group. The idea of the Green Team is to have these events organised into a programme and to involve a wider group of volunteers.

The Green Team is a team of both core and ad hoc volunteers who help look after and maintain the green spaces in the village. Coming together in this way also encourages a sense of community and is a good way of getting to know people.
The Green Team will work closely with WOTHABS. The MOWS group has been merged into the Green Team. A project is underway to rejuvenate the site of the Polish Church Memorial Garden.

Picture from working party July 2019

The Terms of Reference

Parish Council Village Maintenance Schedule for 2023

How do I get involved?
Contact Jill Bradon 0118984 1574 or email

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The green spaces in the village

Area

Maintainer/Guardian

More information

Village Green and surrounding area

Village Green Working Group

Parish Council contract  for mowing and for trimming hedges. Monthly working parties throughout most of the year

St Mary’s Churchyard

Friends of St Marys and St Johns

Parish Council contract  for mowing. Maintainenance carried out by Friends

Village Hall  area

Village Hall Management Committee

Parish Council contract  for mowing

Play area, Manor Road   Parish Council contract  for mowing
Manor Road verges, north side from High Street for 100m Martin Bengtzen and Frances Dixon Parish Council contract  for mowing
Manor Road verges, south side from High Street for 100m Katherne Higley  Planting and yew tree care

Maze

Sally and Pete Woolhouse

Parish Council contract  for mowing. Monthly working parties throughout the spring and summer

Jubilee Walk, Hardwick Road

Richard Wingfield

Parish Council contract 

Muddy Lane

Neil Huntington

Parish Council contract  for maintenance by external contractors when necessary

Footpath up Whitchurch Hill

 

Parish Council contract  for mowing

Hardwick Road/High Street triangle/ bench area

Tim Hardwick

Parish Council contract  for mowing

Swanston Field and High Street Weed killing

 

Parish Council contract  for weedkilling

Bell mouth entrance to Walliscote Drive Leslie Maynerd Clearing, planting and watering

Polish Church Memorial garden

Anna Szczeponek

Polish Church Memorial Garden

Hardwick Road embankment, north side, west end

Sarah and Adrian Dixon

Cutting back and trimming plants overhanging into the road