Steart Marshes

Work underway on the Steart Marshes

Working on the Steart Marshes has been one of our favourite projects this year.   We have enjoyed helping The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust turn hundreds of hectares of the Steart Peninsual into both freshwater and saltwater wetlands.  These will become much-needed habitat for wading birds and wildfowl as well as rarer wetland species.  Follow this link from The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust to find out more: http://steart.wwt.org.uk/

Farmyard runoff and compost leachate treatment system

Bristol University has a veterinary school which operates a farm and large dairy unit. The runoff from this unit had caused a pollution incident within a local watercourse resulting in the threat of action by the Environment Agency unless steps were taken to provide a treatment system.

Newt ponds on old Concord site

Filton Airfield in Bristol - the place where Concord used to fly from - is now being redeveloped by BAE Systems.

What BAE need is a habitat for newts that will eventually be translocated from the redevelopment area.

With this is mind, JPR was contracted earlier this year to create two newt ponds with the associated planting - all is going well, on time and to budget, and we are preparing to move off site having finished the work.

The end of the willow season

Teepee by Julia Clarke

The willow season comes to an end as the weather warms up.  Bees are buzzing on the Osier catkins and the last bundles of spiling material are being cut and bundled for the Environment Agency.

Willow customers have produced a range of projects this season including Julia Clarke in London with her beautiful teepees and tunnels.

Here are just a few images of some of the structures which are now gracing gardens and schools.