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PRESS RELEASE: Green transformation set to start at Wirral park

08 May 2014

A project to transform a tired, bland local park into a green, well-used community space is set to kick off in Birkenhead.

View IlchesterPark -work starting.pdf PDF (20.52 KB)

PRESS RELEASE: Bee hotel boosts biodiversity in Runcorn

24 April 2014

A project to create a thriving habitat for Halton’s bees has been completed at Norton Priory in Runcorn.

View Norton Priory bee hotel release.pdf press release (20.26 KB)

Students dig in at Carmel College

15 April 2014

Over 1000 trees have been planted at a St.Helens college as part of a project to transform the local landscape.

View FINAL AGREED Carmel Press Release (2).pdf press release (26.36 KB)

PRESS RELEASE: Green Lane and Fox Wood sow the seeds

05 March 2014

Pupils from Fox Wood School have been setting the scene for a greener future on their new campus in Woolston, Warrington.

View Fox Wood School.pdf press release (18.88 KB)

PRESS RELEASE: Wirral street trees programme enters second year

26 February 2014

A tree planting programme that is helping to transform Wirral into a thriving economic hub is entering its second year in Bidston and Birkenhead.

View LSTF Wirral release.pdf press release (27.02 KB)

PRESS RELEASE: Hartford pupils expand school woodland

13 February 2014

Hartford pupils have been helping to sow the seeds for a greener future at a school woodland at Hartford Primary School, as part of a tree planting event coordinated by The Mersey Forest.

View Hartford press release.pdf PDF (18.19 KB)

Wood allotment launches at Spud Wood

30 January 2014

A wood allotment has been set up in Spud Wood, Lymm, to enable people to harvest their own woodfuel.

View Wood allotments launch at Spud Wood.pdf press release (39.94 KB)

Green shoots of growth at Wirral women's centre

30 January 2014

A Wirral women’s centre has taken the next step to greening their grounds by planting a hedge with the help of The Mersey Forest team.

View TWW release.pdf press release (71.53 KB)

PRESS RELEASE: Local MP launches plan for greener future in Warrington

27 January 2014

Warrington North MP Helen Jones launched a new plan for green spaces in Merseyside and North Cheshire in Warrington last week.

View The Mersey Forest Plan launch local release.pdf press release (27.74 KB)

PRESS RELEASE: Resolutions flagging?

21 January 2014

A new service is set to help Halton residents get back on the road to health and wellbeing.

View February launch release.pdf press release (17.92 KB)

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