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BERE REGIS WILDLIFE AND POP IN PLACE NEWS
ENVIRONMENT GROUP
Pop In Place Community Café at Bere
Regis Village Hall
Autumn is a magical season. Over the coming weeks
we should enjoy the culmination of Autumn’s dazzling Every Friday morning from 10 am until 12 noon we run a
display of varied tree leaf and fruit colours. If you can, Community Café at the Village Hall North Street.
do get out and enjoy the last of this natural show.
We offer a warm welcome, to everyone who walks through the door.

The Fruits of Autumn We also welcome new volunteers to help on our team serving the drinks and
helping at events. Also and very importantly to chat to the people who attend
We are now in late autumn and have enjoyed our own harvest of apples, the café’s.
tomatoes, cucumbers courgettes and many other delightful fruit and vegetables. If you want to make a difference in your community? then call the Team Leader
Of course, the natural world of native plants have seeded when allowed to if not Alison Bennett 01929 472023 for more details.
cut down in the autumn clean up!

Our two pictures are of very common contrasting plant seed heads which find Pop In Place Food Crisis Support
their way into gardens. Firstly, the charming Teasel in silhouette against the setting
sun. The Teasel is a biennial and towers above smaller plants. It is a favourite with The Pop In Place have a Food Crisis Project, if you are struggling and you need
bees when in flower and goldfinches who feast on the seeds. food please get in touch we have gained funding to provide crisis packs for
people in the Parish in a difficult situation.
If you need this service please email in confidence popinplace@gmail.com and
we will help. Thank you to Gareth Lynham who is running this project for us.

Pop In Place Work shop Christmas gift ideas

A variety of bird boxes and planters are for sale call in on Friday morning to see
them
We are a small group meeting on Friday mornings and do some wood work,
making bird boxes, bug hotels and planters etc we also do a lot of talking and
drinking coffee. We have completed and refurbished the table tennis table and
that is available for people to play a game.
If you are interested in coming along and
doing any of the above or your own small
Secondly a small very common garden ‘weed’. American Willow herb. As they
dry out the long seed pods open out to The long seed pods open out to let the project, call in and see us you will be very
welcome.
seeds be carried away in the wind by tiny hairs. This plant which finds its way into
many garden borders in an invader from America and is fast spreading in the
south of England. Pop In Place Community

Photos: Tony Bates Christmas Party
A big thank you to Jagtar of Nisa who is

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