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 Friends of Daisy Farm Park, Billesley. |
Welcome
BOSF Spring Meeting and AGM
- Saturday 26th April 2008
All the sessions during the day are
about giving the people who care
about Birmingham’s Open Spaces
the skills and knowledge to make the
most of those open spaces.
BOSF at a Spring Watch event in Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham June 2007.
The BOSF stall was manned all weekend by our members . We displayed information about the kind of work our member groups do and some of the successes that have been achieved.
BOSF is an active network which aims to expand, improve and sustain open spaces in Birmingham. Membership is free and open to organisations and individuals.
Currently the BOSF membership includes 147 friends/user groups from across Birmingham and 75 local authority officers and service providers.
By joining BOSF you will have the opportunity to make contact with other groups and individuals interested in open spaces in Birmingham You will be kept informed of events and activities that may be of interest to you. You will be able to tap into the network to get answers to problems that other groups have already solved. |
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News
Money available from BOSF
We have two grants available one for the set up costs of starting a new group and one for a new event that an established group wants to hold.
Real Christmas Tree Recycling
Cotteridge and Muntz Parks took part in a recycling scheme again this year and managed to collect a total of 430 trees.
Local Parks & Green Spaces As Action Centres For Climate Change
As we look at local change brought about through climate change our local parks and green spaces can serve as action centres for our local planet – and show the part played by plants, wildlife and people in a local Biodiversity Action Plan.
Birmingham Trees for Life
On Friday 27th October at 3.15pm the first apple trees will be planted at Cotteridge Community Orchard. The day marks the beginning of the final stage in the transformation of a rough patch of neglected land adjacent to Cotteridge Park into a real orchard for local people to enjoy. The event will also be Birmingham’s first ever ‘Apple Day’.
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