First the gold, then the rainbow

On completion of an extensive hedging project, BTCV Bedfordshire volunteers were rewarded with a spectacular rainbow.

True to the legend (albeit backwards) they had already received a pot of gold in the shape a ?6,300 grant to survey, coppice and replant the 430 metres of ancient and species rich hedgerow at Rectory Wood, Cranfield.

The grant was awarded by GrantScape to enhance biodiversity in Bedfordshire on land owned by The Forest of Marston Vale.

The Forest of Marston Vale project is using trees and woodlands to transform 61 square miles between Bedford and Milton Keynes to repair a landscape scarred by decades of clay extraction, brick making and landfill.

Around 1 million trees have already been planted with plans to plant 5 million more by 2030.

 

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