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Friends of Adel Woods had a stall at the Alwoodley Parish Community Picnic this afternoon. Alwoodley Parish Council, Alwoodley 2030, Incredible Edible Alwoodley, and Incredible Edible Moortown were also there.

Though overcast at 2 pm, it turned into a beautiful afternoon and we all really enjoyed the event.

Steve Joul, our committee member and ace naturalist, brought two quizzes and spent the afternoon entertaining the public, and yours truly led a twenty minute “mindfulness walk” along Crag Lane and back.

“I really enjoyed yesterday, especially the mindfulness walk and the quizzes. Thank you everyone.”

“…some great networking went on between the groups and people clearly enjoyed the quiz.”

We were also grateful to Dan Cohen, the Lord Mayor of Leeds, who came with the Lady Mayoress to support the event.

Join Friends of Adel Woods

We hope that you have enjoyed reading about our activities and would be delighted if you would like to join us.

Friends of Adel Woods were formed in 2009 to help maintain Adel Woods and encourage people to enjoy them. We meet one weekend morning a month to carry out various jobs or ”work parties”, and we also put on educational events such as bat walks, fungal forays and birdsong walks.

We are a very friendly group and welcome new members who want to help preserve our special woods, enjoy fresh air and exercise in the woods, and make new friends. 

If you would like to take part in our activities, keep an eye on our Home Page and come along to one of our work parties. Our next work party is on Saturday 13th September, and we are putting on a Fungal Foray on the 5th October.

If you would like to join our email mailing list, please get in touch by leaving a comment on this website – you should be able to see a comment button at the bottom of this page.

Today Adel Church hosted a Green Fair in the churchyard between 12 noon and three pm. The aim of the event was to gather people together and raise awareness of environmental issues and local organisations working in that sector.

So three members of your committee took a stroll from Alwoodley through Adel Woods to put up and man a stall in the churchyard to promote Friends of Adel Woods. It was a lovely sunny day and we wisely chose a shady spot under a tree. The sun got very hot in the afternoon!

The event was well-attended and we enjoyed interesting conversations with many people, some new and some familiar. We also managed to sign up some more people for our mailing list.

The historic church was open to visitors and each of us had a tour.

We all thoroughly enjoyed the day at the Green Fair, ending the day with a gentle stroll back to Alwoodley through the woods..

ABOUT FRIENDS OF ADEL WOODS

We hope that you have enjoyed reading about our activities and would be delighted if you would like to join us.

Friends of Adel Woods were formed in 2009 to help maintain Adel Woods and encourage people to enjoy them. We meet one weekend morning a month to carry out various jobs or ”work parties”, and we also put on educational events such as bat walks, fungal forays and birdsong walks.

We are a very friendly group and welcome new members who want to help preserve our special woods, enjoy fresh air and exercise in the woods, and make new friends. If you would like to take part in our activities, keep an eye on our Home Page and come along to one of our work parties.

If you would like to join our email mailing list, please get in touch by leaving a comment on this website – you should be able to see a comment button at the bottom of this page.

This evening, Friends of Adel Woods had our first ever evening “work party” led by our secretary, Stephanie.

It was a joint event with Alwoodley 2030 who are a group set up about a year ago under the umbrella of Climate Action Leeds. The aim of Alwoodley 2030 is to “activate community-driven solutions to address the loss of biodiversity and nature and the climate emergency”. You can find out more at their very active Facebook page: Alwoodley 2030: Climate Action Hub.

Our task this evening was to clear bracken and brambles that have grown up around the community orchard in Adel Woods. We had a great turn out of FOAW and Alwoodley 2030 volunteers – fifteen in all – and in an hour and a half of hard work, they made a huge difference.

The orchard was planted in March 2021 by Leeds Parks and Countryside Ranger, Steve Joul, assisted by his son, as part of Leeds City Council’s woodland creation scheme. There are ten trees comprising a range of varieties of apple and pear trees.

The trees were planted as very young saplings. If they seem far apart in the photos, it is because, before planting them, Steve researched the space each would need to grow into a fully mature tree.

If you would like to find out more about the planting of the trees and their varieties, have a look at our blog entry for the 18th March 2021 – the link is given below.

Since the trees were cleared, Steve has put some labels on them. For more information about the orchard, here is a link to our blog post for the 18th March 2021

I hope you have enjoyed reading this blog post.

Friends of Adel Woods were set up in 2009 to protect, enhance and maintain Adel Woods and to work with other groups and organisations to that end. We welcome everyone would like to help us look after the beautiful woods on our doorstep.

The next Friends of Adel Woods “work party” is on Saturday the 16th September 2023, when we will be litterpicking and clearing scrub from around the Buck Stone. Have a look at our home page for more information.