Yesterday I visited the Chantreyland Meadow in Graves Park. This ecological masterpiece is the result of 10 years hard work by volunteers from the Friends of Graves Park who have sought funding and provided the labour to transform a previously derelict part of Graves Park into a haven for wildlife.
Last year The Big Lottery in conjunction with the BBC Spring Watch programme donated £10,000, which has allowed the project to be completed.
What makes the achievements of the volunteers more remarkable is that this is part of the area of Graves Park where St Lukes wanted to build their new hospice, claiming that the area was not even parkland.
Hopefully all this is now history as plans have been finalised to extend the meadows by around three acres, taking in more of the land once occupied by greenhouses.
Liz Machin, Crookes RoadREAD MOREYour letters.
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