Your best trees, please
- December 18, 2021 9:30 am
Do you have a favourite tree or woodland in Bucks? An ancient oak you always pass on your walks? An area of woodland where you love to sit and enjoy the sunshine? Or somewhere
Massive tree planting plan gets the green light
- March 4, 2021 10:51 am
Next steps of an ambitious programme to plant a tree for every Buckinghamshire resident have moved a step closer to reality after plans were agreed.The large-scale pla
Ancient trees protected
- December 28, 2020 12:10 pm
Burnham Beeches has woodland that dates from the Iron Age with trees that are hundreds of years old. It has been designated a special area of conservation and will be furt
'Flower rain' falls
- March 10, 2020 12:32 pm
In Japan, ‘Hanami’, or ‘flower viewing’, is all about enjoying the fleeting beauty of blossom trees as they come into bloom.
Parks fly the flag
- August 6, 2018 9:26 am
Aylesbury’s Bedgrove Park and Vale Park and Buckingham’s Heartlands have been recognised by the Green Flag Award Scheme as some of the best open spaces in the UK. Last week the awards were celeb
Rosy outlook for park
- July 31, 2017 4:22 pm
Ongoing improvements to Aylesbury’s Alfred Rose Memorial Park are making it an increasingly pleasant place for recreation, play, exercise and relaxation.The majority of footpaths have been repla
'Green gym' plan bears fruit
- March 29, 2017 5:23 pm
A new initiative called a 'green gym' starts next week, run by AVDC’s Active Vale programme, linked up with Wendover mental health charity, Lindengate.The green gym afternoons are
Nominate your own Tree of the Year!
- June 17, 2015 12:06 pm
The Woodland Trust is inviting people across the Vale to nominate their favourite tree with a story, as the contest begins to crown this year’s Tree of the Year, supported by players of People’