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A New Year Back at the Roper Garden

I was really glad to be back at the Secret Garden, which I call the Roper Garden. We had a look around the garden today and talked about what needs to be done. There is a lot of work needed in the physic garden and some nice plants to put in there too, as it […]

Physic garden

Nadolig Llawen!

We hope everyone enjoys their Christmas break from all the Skills and Wellbeing Project Officers! This article is written by Sunflower, a volunteer at the Secret Garden In October, Pete sadly left the project and will be missed. He is going to be a hard act to follow Both Kate and Naomi have now taken

the group holding up their handmade christmas wreaths in the volunteer centre next to a christmas tree

Woodland Work in the Sunshine

This week, the Porthkerry Park volunteers worked very hard in the woods.It was a hot and sunny day. ☀️ The team carried wood, cut branches, and cleared paths.They worked together and helped each other. 🤝 Even though it was hot, everyone kept going with big smiles. 😊They took breaks, drank water, and stayed safe. 💧🪑

volunteers in the woods

House for a mouse

By Claire, Bethan, Daryl, Matthew, David, Matthew, Jack and Harvey April 2025 Hello! We are volunteers on Innovate’s Restore The Thaw Project. We are interested in preserving nature and habitats. This means helping the plants and animals. Today, we have been helping dormice near Cowbridge. Dormice are a type of mouse we have here in

A gentleman holding a dormouse box

Hidden Cameras, Hidden Animals

By Sunflower April 2025 I think the wildlife cameras have been good. They have caught some great pics here at the Roper garden. We did have a bit of a wait before we saw anything on the cameras though. But the cameras caught some great pictures in the end. So far, we have seen rats

Photos taken from a wildlife camera of a fox

Sunflower in the Secret Garden

By Cath (Sunflower), a volunteer at the Secret Garden Project in St Fagans Museum. I have grown some salad from seed here at the garden and I’m very pleased. It has done so well here and I was pleased to see it’s come out when I looked on Monday 22nd May. I was so pleased,

a person holding spring onions in a garden project
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