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RtL volunteers at Paddington Farm, Glastonbury, last month

Do you have land in Somerset for a small wood, copse or hedgerow?

SOMERSET landowners, or those with control of a patch of land, are being encouraged to come forward for support…

The work will continue developing the community woodland in Frome

Lend a hand in creating new community woodland in Frome

VOLUNTEERS are being sought to help plant more than 3,500 saplings at a new community woodland. People are being encouraged…

Look for signs of spring in Somerset as part of national survey

AS the January blues well and truly settle in – people in Somerset are being urged to look out…

Leonardo volunteers and veterans with Carma co-founder Jim Holland in Yeovil

Veterans and Leonardo workers plant 2,000 saplings to create “vital” hedgerows

VETERANS and employees from Leonardo planted 2,000 native saplings at the company’s site in Yeovil this week. The initiative aims…

A three-bay polytunnel sold for more than £7,000 ni the Brookfield Nursery sale. Picture: GTH

Polytunnels and plant pots sold during auction of final remnants from nursery near Taunton

FROM polytunnels to plant pots, gardening goodies of all shapes and sizes were snapped up when the final items…

Garden waste collection days are changing for thousands in Somerset. Picture: Somerset Council

Garden waste collection days to change in Somerset: What you need to know

GARDEN waste collections in Somerset could be changing. Subscribers to the Somerset Council service are being urged to look out…

Trees and hedges are being planted across Somerset. Picture: RtL

How you can get support to plant new trees and hedges on the Somerset Levels

PEOPLE are being encouraged to plant new hedges and trees across Somerset – with free help and plants are…

Glorious Gardens 2025 raised more than £30,000. Picture: St Margaret's Hospice

Glorious Somerset gardens raise thousands for hospice charity

VITAL care at St Margaret’s Hospice – which has bases in Taunton and Yeovil – received a summer boost…

A new steel shed helps Friends of Berrow Beach store their battery-powered trolley

Grants of £2,500 on offer for green-minded Somerset projects

A GRANT scheme to fund green-minded projects in Burnham and North Somerset is welcoming applications. A total of £25,000 is…

Bramble & Wild has now opened at Jordans Courtyard, near Ilminster

Former Frome flower shop opens at new base near Ilminster

A POPULAR former Frome florist has completed a move to another Somerset town – and officially opened yesterday (September…