Category Archives: Uncategorized

Hello Volunteers – you have now clocked up over 10,000 hits on the ashridgevolunteers.blog – a milestone achievement. The last twelve months has seen the publication of over seventy articles, far fewer than in the previous year, but viewed more … Continue reading →

  Volunteers have recently been learning the art of coppicing – in Old Copse – a traditional woodland management technique that was practised extensively until about one hundred and fifty years ago at Ashridge. Areas of woodlands, or ‘coupes’, are … Continue reading →

The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago and the next best time is now – Chinese proverb. So some of the Thursday group volunteers did just that. Three black poplars planted at Water End, along the … Continue reading →

The conservation volunteers have recently been working along Ling Ride, part of the Ivinghoe common which used to stretch south passed Ringshall down to Witchcraft Bottom. Ling Ride is a rare example of lowland heath which the Trust are now … Continue reading →

The Wednesday ad hoc group are a small select band of volunteers with a characteristic in common – some serious manpower. The gate guarding the entrance to Golden Valley adjacent to the Mansion having been destroyed, the team were assembled … Continue reading →

The response from Harold Macmillan in the sixties when asked what a prime minister most feared – “Events dear boy, events”. As volunteers we have nothing to fear from Ashridge events other than some really bad weather! They are a … Continue reading →

If you are one of our regular litter pickers on the Estate, consider yourself as a superhero – a volunteer ranger going beyond the call of duty, fighting the crime of littering! The problem is extensive with many miles of … Continue reading →

The volunteers have been clearing up the Prince’s Riding after the Trust removed a number of lime trees which are not native to the area, and were encroaching on the line of sight from the Mansion to the Monument. The … Continue reading →

Ashridge volunteers need to be aware of the hazards of outside winter working on the Estate. Some two hundred years ago today, on the 16th January 1823, the 7th Earl John William was holding a shooting party for the great … Continue reading →

This article is not about credit cards, although they do have a part to play, it’s a plea for a New Years resolution to help solve the plastic proliferation problem. Please prioritise plastic purchases. The statistics are frightening – a … Continue reading →