Fruit trees on Knighton Green Knighton Wild have recently been planting a number of Leicester Heritage fruit trees on and around the Green. As they mature these will in future years, provide blossom and fruit for both the community and wildlife alike. Heritage fruit trees were selected as many of them are now not considered […]
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New explanatory boards on Knighton Green
Three new boards have been installed on Knighton Green providing information about three areas that we have been developing over the years. The boards were funded by Saving the Saffron Brook and are the last instalment of their support for Knighton Wild. The boards provide information about each area with things to look out for. […]
Connect with nature with our new bench on Knighton Green
The bench was made possible due to a generous donation from Jenny Darragh in memory of her husband Andy who was born and brought up in Knighton. You can read about Andy and Jenny here. The first job was finding a big enough piece of wood to make a suitable bench. There were no suitable […]
Open Morning on Knighton Green Saturday 19th August
We organised a very successful open morning on Knighton Green Saturday 19th August. There was a good attendance especially from families with young children. There was a wide range of activities for all ages so do come and join in. The event was free but donations of over £50 were made to support the work […]
It’s Your Neighbourhood assessment 2023
Each year we get a visit from an It’s Your Neighbourhood assessor to look at our work on Knighton Green, St Mary’s churchyard and Carisbrooke Road triangle. This year Liz Fairfield was our assessor and visited on 31st July and met Nicky, Marietta and me. The Saturday before the visit a group of volunteers worked […]
Small but perfectly formed
Alan Cann reports on the latest Knighton Wild foray into the wild. It never occurred to me when I suggested Knighton Wild might like to run a Big Bug Weekend that people might be expecting to find big bugs – tarantulas, praying mantis, etc. Instead of jungle giants, on our bug hunt we found tiny […]
Getting the meadows ready and an interesting find
If you have walked through Knighton Green recently you may have noticed a rectangular bald patch on the edge of the grassy area. This is not a case of creeping alopecia but the start of what we hope will be another swathe of summer colour. On Saturday 15th April a small band of volunteers set […]
Saving the Saffron Brook works on Knighton Green
Over the last few months (December 2022 through to March 2023) Trent Rivers Trust and Leicester Environmental Volunteers have been working on and around the watercourse as it passes through Knighton Green. Trent Rivers Trust have been contracted by the Saving the Saffron Brook project to carry out works on the watercourse of the Wash […]
It’s Your Neighbourhood assessment 2022
Each year we take part in the RHS It’s Your Neighbourhood scheme which encourages local groups to green up their neighbourhood. Leicester City Council encourages voluntary groups to join in and each year the project is visited by a trained assessor in late summer to review the group’s achievements. The scheme is not competitive but […]
One batty August eve…
Mandy borrowed the Knighton Wild bat detector and wrote this account of their bat walk: We (Pete and Mandy) have been doing the Bat Conservation Trust’s online course – Introduction to Bats (which we’d thoroughly recommend if you’re as fascinated as we are by these furry fliers.) One of the sessions focused on echo location […]
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