We’re pleased to report that despite the ‘lockdown’ challenges of the previous year, we are once again Green Flag Community Award recipients. The Green Flag Community Award recognises high quality green spaces in England and Wales managed by voluntary and community groups.
Frog party in the pond / robins and woodpecker flitting between trees / Labyrinth sorted for another day
We all know Albion Millennium Green is that special place, almost our own (secret) ‘village green’. There are still a few clues about its former life as a tennis club. But what about before, what was it? Asking such questions often takes us on a journey as one set of answers lead us to a new set of questions. What happens when we ask such questions—knowing that we are leading into a ‘journey’ of discovery? This process can be used…
“Last May (2020) I spent a couple of (socially distanced!) hours on the Green, drawing with some friends from a local arts forum, and found this magical corner, where I stayed. I was fascinated by the angles of the trees and branches and how they seemed to interact with each other. As I began drawing I realised that every little twig and blade of grass also seemed to have a ‘direction’; so I stopped trying to draw trees and leaves…
Saturday 12 December dawned fresh, cool and dry after a night of rain – ideal conditions for the work of digging and clearing we are currently carrying out on the Green preparatory to planting a hedge next winter along the Green’s boundary with the recently extended housing development of Longfield Crescent. In fact, according to an 1870 map tracked down by the Secretary of the Friends of AMG – which shows open fields where the housing estate is now –…