As the saying goes, another day, another Red Letter Day. This time it was the formal opening of the Rothbury Park refurbishment.

Town Mayor Councillor Lucy Nixon cut the ribbon, watched by several Council representatives and members of Greening Wymondham who put together the funding bid and arranged the overall design.

The Mayor also unveiled the new notice board, which explains how the improved park will increase biodiversity. The board stresses that the park is a facility for the whole local community.

Volunteers have already notched up nearly 400 hours of work at Rothbury, and we hope to start monthly volunteer sessions in the Autumn. The Brownies, Guides and Rangers are also developing their own ideas for part of the Park, which they hope to take to the Town’s Leisure Committee in July.

We were also hugely pleased that the Royal Horticultural Society came to see Browick Community Orchard as part of their recent visit to local community gardens. It was a privilege to have on-the-spot advice from four experts - and to know that they enjoyed their visit.

Thank you, of course, to all in Wymondham who supported our Summer Litter Pick - you know the difference you make in those few hours.

At Friarscroft, we had a picnic to celebrate nearly three years of workdays in the woods. With generous support from South Norfolk Council, we have now planted over 30 trees, created 100 metres of “dead hedges”, improved the pond and built a new viewing pontoon. And there's plenty to view: visits from Egrets, mallards and at one point, a moorhen family.

All our activities aim to improve the environment and support wildlife, but we don’t just rely on good intentions. The Norfolk Wildlife Trust has carried out a baseline survey of Rothbury flora, so we'll know in a few years' time if the number of species has risen within the "natural" areas of the park. Wymondham Nature Group are kindly surveying birds in Friarscroft Wood.

Updates on all of these projects and more (including our weekly Tiffey E.coli monitoring) are available on our Facebook page.