On Saturday morning, a number of volunteers gathered to help plant over 1,000 plants of various species around the pond. Last autumn, the pond was partly dredged and vegetation on the south slope removed to try and get rid of the invasive dog-strangling vine. Instead, a variety of native wildflowers were planted, selected for their attractiveness to pollinators of all species, bees, butterflies, moths, flies, beetles...

The next few images show various aspects of the activity.