We need your help!

We need your help to pull up Himalayan balsam!

Himalayan balsam is a plant that is native, as the name suggests, to the foothills of the Himalayas in Asia. Its beautiful pink flowers led Victorian plant hunters to take some and introduce it to British gardens back in 1839. Since then, a number of factors have led to Himalayan balsam establishing itself as one of the most invasive plants in Britain, outcompeting a range of valuable native species and harming habitats for our birds, insects and mammals. One of these factors is that each plant produces up to 800 seeds as it flowers multiple times throughout the summer!

The good thing about balsam is that it pulls out of the ground really easily! Once pulled out, we'll snap the stem and trample it down so it can't flower anymore! Whilst the balsam will still come back next year, if we stop the spread now we'll have less and less as the years go on.

This is a drop in / drop out session, so if you can only manage 20 minutes, then we'd still love your help! We will start in compartment 10, which is opposite the sleeper. What 3 words - primed.besotted.growth.

Eventbrite here - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lindow-moss-balsam-pulling-tickets-1480821560149?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl