2nd Clean Up Day at Knights Hill Wood

On Monday 27th June 2016 Nature Vibezzz ran the second day of the Knights Hill Wood Capital Clean Up in West Norwood, Lambeth, London. Over 40 people came along and helped on the day to make a great impact to make improvements to the woodland. Many of the people attending was families from local Monday forest school group based at the Lodge, Streatham Common.

On the day the participants pruned many shrubs and trees letting light into the woods. This will both benefit the users of the wood and the wildlife, with the increased light a variety of different wildlife species shall thrive. Pruning the shrubs and trees has also increased lines of sight in the woods and therefore making the woods feel more safe for users, with people from the road now able to see into the woodland.

The woodland glade which was started on the first day of the Knights Hill Wood Capital Clean Up, was finished with the remaining ivy and bramble removed to prepare the area for wildflowers. The area was planted with wildflower plug plants by the children the species included

Plant Species	Latin name
Agrimony	Agrimonia eupatoria
Betony	Betonica officinalis
Bluebell (English)	Hyacinthoides non-scripta
Common Dog Violet	Viola riviniana
Devil’s-bit Scabious	Succisa pratensis
Foxglove	Digitalis purpurea
Greater Stitchwort	Stellaria holostea
Herb Robert	Geranium robertanianum
Meadowsweet	Filipendula ulmaria
Nettle-leaved Bellflower	Campanula trachelium
Perforate St John’s-wort	Hypericum perforatum
Primrose	Primula vulgaris
Ragged Robin	Silene flos-cuculi
Red Campion	Silene dioica
Wild Strawberry	Fragaria vesca