Category: environment

Information relating to the environment, including ways in which residents can help to protect the natural environment in Carham parish.

Free Trees

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Northumberland County Council’s free tree scheme is back again. The Council is inviting residents to apply for a Crab Apple or Holly sapling (for small gardens); Rowan or Silver Birch (for medium gardens); English Oak or Wild Cherry (for large gardens); and, for those with limited space, Box or Wild Privet. The trees are small cell-grown plants, UK-sourced, and come with a shelter guard and cane. Detailed planting and after-care instructions will be emailed out after collection.

Apply for your free tree

Once you have ordered, you will receive confirmation and details of your collection point prior to the pick-up date of Friday 28 or Saturday 29 November. Collection points include Wooler and Berwick.

Packs of trees are also available to businesses, schools, community groups, and town and parish councils across the county. The free tree scheme is part of Northumberland County Council’s bid to help protect and enhance the natural environment.

Free Trees

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Northumberland County Council is again inviting residents to order a free tree to plant on their property. There are species available that are suitable for small, medium or large gardens, or for planters. The trees are small cell-grown plants, UK-sourced, and come complete with a biodegradable shelter guard, cane, and detailed planting and after-care instructions. You can order your sapling, and book a date to collect it, using the Free Tree Booking Form on the Northumberland County Council website.

Next Footpaths Group Walk

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This is another chance to enjoy a guided walk around Mindrum farm with Tom Fairfax who will be talking about regenerative farming and other developments at this mixed organic farm, which the Footpaths Group last visited in 2019. The five-mile walk is on Saturday 2 December 2023 and starts at 10 am. Everyone is welcome, including well-behaved dogs on leads. For more information, see the poster on our Walks page.

We would like to have some idea of numbers, so if you plan to come along please email the walks organiser or send a text to 07557 211 564. We hope to see you there!

Next Footpaths Group Walk

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The next walk organised by the footpaths group will be on Saturday 3 September 2022. This is a farm walk at West Learmouth, an 850 acre mixed farm that has recently converted to organic farming. Former pasture land has been planted with native trees, and former arable land has been planted with wildlife-friendly seed mixes as part of the process of converting it to regenerative pasture. The walk will be led by the farmer, Jasmin Moore. For more information, see the West Learmouth Farm Walk poster on our Walks page or call the footpaths group organiser on 07557 211 564. There is parking at the farm (NT 849377) and the walk starts at 1000 hrs. Everyone is welcome!

Rogation Sunday

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Our three local churches – St Cuthbert’s in Carham, St Helen’s in Cornhill on Tweed, and St Paul’s in Branxton – are holding a joint service on Sunday 29 May at West Learmouth Farm. The open-air service, marking Rogation Sunday, will include a blessing of the trees that have been planted by Carham Parish Council as a contribution to The Queen’s Green Canopy – a UK-wide tree-planting initiative created to commemorate the jubilee. The trees have been planted where the public footpath meets the byway at the old West Learmouth railway sidings, courtesy of Mrs Moore of West Learmouth Farm. The Rogation Sunday service is at 11.00 am and everyone is welcome to attend. Please wear stout footwear, as it may be muddy underfoot. For more information, call Pat Feerick on 01890 254 794.

The Queen’s Green Canopy

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To mark the platinum jubilee of Her Majesty The Queen, Carham Parish Council has planted ten native trees at West Learmouth. The ten trees are the parish’s contribution to The Queen’s Green Canopy – a UK-wide tree-planting initiative created to commemorate the jubilee. The trees were donated by Northumberland County Council as part of its free tree give-away scheme, and were planted by two volunteers. A generous anonymous donation paid for more than half of the cost of stakes and deer guards, while the parish council covered the rest of the cost. A further 12 trees, also donated, were planted close by, bringing the total number of trees planted to 22. Land for the trees, which are where the public footpath meets the byway at the old West Learmouth railway sidings, was generously allocated by Mrs Moore of West Learmouth Farm. A commemorative plaque will be put in place in due course.

Free Energy Efficiency Improvements

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Northumberland County Council is offering free energy efficiency improvements, such as wall insulation, solar panels and air source heat pumps, to help homeowners cut energy bills and improve the warmth of their homes. To be eligible, you must own your own home and have a household income of less than £30,000, or someone living in your home receiving benefits, and your home must hold an EPC rating of D, E, F or G. The improvements scheme – the Green Homes Grant Local Authority Delivery scheme – is funded by the government and delivered by E.ON in partnership with Northumberland County Council. To apply, visit E.ON’s Green Homes Grant page or call 0333 202 4820 Monday to Friday from 9 am to 5 pm. You do not need to be an E.ON customer to benefit from this scheme.

Free Trees

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Northumberland County Council is giving all residents the opportunity to obtain a free tree to plant on their property. Two tree species are available for small, medium and large sized gardens, as well as shrubs suitable for planters for those with limited garden space, balconies or rented properties. The trees are small cell-grown plants, sourced from the UK, and will be provided with a biodegradable tree shelter guard, a cane, and planting and care instructions. To order a tree and book a date to collect it, go to https://nland.uk/freetrees. For enquiries, contact Northumberland County Council’s Climate Change team.

Waste Not, Want Not

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Northumberland County Council’s garden waste kerbside collection service for 2021 will resume in March. For a single annual payment of £43, the service offers the opportunity to receive 20 garden waste collections over the main growing season, running from early March through to late November. For details, visit Northumberland’s garden waste page. The green waste that is collected is composted and the compost is available to buy. If you want to make your own compost, Northumberland County Council offers a range of bins with getcomposting.com. As well as standard compost bins for garden waste, the range includes wormeries and Hot Bins which you can use to make compost out of waste food.

Next Footpaths Group Walk: Paths, Verges and Commons

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The next walk organised by the Footpaths Group will be on Saturday 15 June, starting at 10.00 am from the play park in Wark. This 4.5 mile walk will explore some of the footpaths in and around the village before heading off to Shidlaw and then Wark Common. In order to make this walk circular, sections of it will be on public roads and will pass by some of the common land that is in the Parish. For more information, contact Janet Chubb on 01890 850 339.