Friends of Gillfield Wood
Practical Conservation Sessions (free events). These are held monthly all year, either at weekends or midweek, with dates advertised on the website. Members can join the mailing list by contacting the Secretary at [email protected].
Sessions are open to anyone who would like to join in. Everyone needs to provide their own gloves along with suitable clothes and footwear.
Everything we do supplements the work carried out by the Council’s woodlands team, meaning much more can be done to improve the wood for its flora, fauna and visitors alike. Typical activities are coppicing, fencing and walling, tree and undergrowth management, path repair and drain clearance and all sorts of miscellaneous jobs.
They are from 10am for 2 to 3 hours on one Sunday in the month on an agreed date with the Sheffield City Council Ranger. A Ranger attends our work mornings with appropriate tasks (light and heavy) and tools. We meet either at the Baslow Road bus terminus, the Scout Hut on Aldam Road, Totley or at the end of Totley Hall Lane.
If you are interested in helping us carry out such work in Gillfield Wood or have any questions, please contact [email protected]
We may also arrange the occasional mid-week Conservation Morning where we will not have the help of a Council Ranger but will concentrate on tasks we can do independently.
Practical Conservation Mornings
Sunday 29th September
Meet 10am at the Bus Terminus. We will be raking off the picnic area after it has been strimmed.
Working on the wildflower meadow at the picnic site
Sunday 13th October
Meet 10am at the Bus Terminus. Coppicing along the ride and renovation of benches and signs
Sunday 24th November
Meet 10am at the Bus Terminus. Clearing around the pond and removing silt from part of the pond. Wellies advised
Sunday 8th December
Meet 10am at the end of Totley Hall Lane. Bramble clearing in the glade in Pheasant Wood and repairing natural fence. Strong gloves advised
Benches in Gillfield Wood
In Autumn 2023, SCC Ranger Chris told us that some of the benches in Gillfield Wood were put in around 10 years ago by the Ranger Service. This was a corporate work session with staff from DWP as part of their Community 10,000 project. Ranger Henk brought along a router and etched the names of the people involved in the bench tops. They’re still going strong!
