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Thanks to collaboration between the Bourne Conservation Group (BCG) and Farnham Town Council a little known piece of greenspace in South Farnham has a very attractive new oak gate. Battings Garden is situated at the junction of the A287 road and The Ridgeway, just by the traffic lights, with a hedgerow along the Ridgeway Road boundary which until 2016 had an iconic oak gate. The memorial plaque, now gracing the new gate, proclaims that the garden was presented to the town in 1933 by Walter Batting Esquire.  Continue reading “A new gate for Battings Garden” →

Langham’s Recreation Ground is a popular open space on The Ridgeway, South Farnham, named after the founder of the Farnham Herald who gave the land to the town. The Bourne Conservation Group (BCG) has in recent years been working with Waverley Borough Council to keep the area as attractive as possible. To make it more friendly for wildlife some areas of grass have been left uncut and the wooded area cleared of invasive plants as far as possible. Continue reading “Keeping Langham’s Rec safe for children and wildlife” →

We are pleased that the Farnham Herald used the following report in their most recent issue:

Gardeners in Farnham are facing a new villain – the box-worm moth. Caterpillars of this moth introduced from China are stripping the leaves of box shrubs in gardens. The beautiful topiary and box hedging in classical gardens are being laid bare, and this is after many have suffered from box blight.

Continue reading “An unwelcome moth invader” →

We are very aware of the value of this award scheme, also known as DofE. It is available to all 14-24 year olds and is designed to equip young people for their lives ahead irrespective of their background, culture, skills and interests. Since its launch over 60 years ago it has widened the horizons of millions of youngsters world-wide and in many cases helped to transform their lives.

Continue reading “Support for the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award” →

Meet at St Martin’s on The Green at 2.15 pm.

The theme this year for the Farnham Society’s Heritage Open Days is Green Spaces and so where better to go than The Bourne? Here we not only have small pieces of green space within the urban area but we have direct access to the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty , the boundary of which runs along the eastern part of Dene Lane. We are therefore offering a guided walk appropriately starting on The Bourne Green and proceeding through the ever-popular woodland and heathland to the south including Sable Wood, Bourne Wood and the RSPB Farnham Heath reserve. Continue reading “Greenspaces Heritage Walk – Sunday 16th September 2018” →

This year’s Bourne Show is on Saturday 21^st July and as usual the Bourne Conservation Group has a significant presence.

Continue reading “The Bourne Show 2018” →

The Bourne Conservation Group (BCG) has again been involved in the judging for this year’s Nation in Bloom competition, held on 10^th July. It was the opportunity to launch a technical innovation that should be of lasting benefit for visitors to sites managed by the Group.

Continue reading “Bourne Conservation Group’s latest innovation in support of Farnham in Bloom” →

Farnham Town Council first introduced a walking festival into its programme of events in 2017. With some thirty walks over a week, including three organised by The Bourne Conservation Group, the festival proved extremely popular and it was decided to repeat the event in but over a two week period in 2018. Once again BCG was enthusiastic to take part, offering three walks broadly similar to last year’s.

Continue reading “Farnham Walking Festival 2018 (Updated)” →

The new data protection law (GDPR) is coming into force on the 25 May 2018. In common with all
organisations holding personal data, we need to ensure we comply, and this has given us the
opportunity to review our policies.
We have written to all our Members and Friends to say that The Bourne Conservation Group would
like to ensure we have everyone’s correct details and that you are happy for us to continue to
contact you.  We greatly value the support of all Members and Friends.
You can find all our Policies including our Policy for Safeguarding Personal Data here.

By last Sunday morning the snow had almost gone and the sun almost came out, giving us very good conditions for our session in the Old Churchyard. So, many thanks to the team that took on a whole range of tasks across the site. This will contribute to a good setting for the Church’s Palm Sunday service there on 25th March.

The crocuses are still a beautiful sight in sunshine like today. The photo was taken on a phone but there are better photos on our website where the page about the Old Churchyard project has just been updated.

This is part of a major effort to enhance the website with contributions from several Committee members. We are receiving great help from our member Thomas Hill contributing his technical skills.