Greetings All,

Here are some activities if you feel like getting out and about in July:

Sunday 10th July – 12pm -2ish
Allan Watkins the Warden at Cannon Hill will be leading a history walk
starting from the tearooms at Cannon Hill park.

Friday 15th July
Sarehole Mill workday – Can you volunteer a couple of hours of your time
to help tidy up the area behind Sarehole Mill? Meet at 10.30am on the car
park of the Mill, Cole Bank Road.

Sunday 17th July
Hall Green Mela – 12-5pm Sarehole Recreation Ground. Family fun – music,
entertainment, children’s activities, stalls and food.

Saturday 23rd July
Balsam Bash – The Dingles 1pm-3pm
Meet at the Coleside Avenue entrance to the site (off Brook Lane , Hall
Green). An oportunity to take your tension out on this invasive plant;
himalayan balsam. Cut it/pull it up and stamp on it – most satisfying
destructiveness!

Sunday 31st July
Balsam attack at Greet Mill Meadows 10am- 1pm
Meet at the ford at Green Road, Hall Green and get your tension out on
that plant again! Successive attacks are really working on this site to
erradicate this invasive plant but we have to catch it before it seeds.

Update: Keep your eyes peeled for the ‘Brum Reapers’ in the Hall Green
area. If you spot a gang of folks with scythes, it is not the apocalypse;
but the volunteers from SEAT (Sarehole Environmental Acton Team) who were
awarded funding to buy scythes and a days training in their use and
maintenance. They are helping to help maintain the meadows in the area in
a more environmentally friendly way while getting some Tai chi like
excercise at the same time. Yesterday evening a mowing session was held at
Greet Mill Meadows and there will be further sessions throughout the
summer so look out for them on your travels (and don’t be afraid!)
all the best
Penny

Penny Marriott – Ranger
Kings Heath Hub
Hall Green & Selly Oak Ranger Service
Kings Heath Park House
Vicarage Road
Kings Heath
Birmingham
B14 7TQ

penny.marriott@birmingham.gov.uk