1. Hedge Management Restoring and managing field hedges as key historic, landscape and biodiversity features. This includes removing the old fencing where necessary; preparing and laying the hedge; planting up the gaps including with appropriate hedgerow trees; re-fencing the hedge to keep out stock and encourage vigorous re-growth. We tend to work at a local farm where we have restored at least a dozen hedges over the past few years.

2. Drystone Walling Learning and understanding the principles of drystone walling. We undertake small-scale walling work including 'gapping up' and this tends to be largely within the Arnside/Silverdale AONB at present.

3. Trees and Woodland Management Planting and managing trees appropriate to the local area, both within individually guarded cages and as part of small copses and woods. Great Wood in Morecambe is one example of our work.

4. Wetland Management Small-scale pond creation and management, together with wetland margins and wet meadows. We have been managing two small wetland meadows in Slyne for over twelve years.

5. Orchard Management We have been working jointly with the Northern Fruit Group on the large orchard at the former Whittingham Hospital site for a number of years. The work involves tree pruning of apple trees, feeding and mulching them, as well as planting a small number of new, replacement trees to ensure that the orchard here continues to thrive against increasing odds.

6. Local School Sites We help to transform the potential of school sites in the area with a range of ponds, copses, hedges and individual landscape trees. Our efforts have been heavily concentrated on Great Wood Primary School, Torrisholme Community Primary School, and Morecambe Road Special School. A new project at West End Primary School in Morecambe involves providing planting beds to help 'green up' an otherwise hard school playground.

In all these areas of work, we concentrate on developing practical skills that members can apply elsewhere.