Monthly Archives: March 2017

Help us raise funds for Attila’s LifeSchool in Transylvania

We are hoping to raise help £2000 to pay for the new roof for the building which will be Attila Sarig’s ‘Life School’ in Gyimes in eastern Transylvania. Much of the other work has been completed and it is hoped this will be the last major expense. Can you help please? Click here for further […]

Stunning display of Fritillaries in La Touche wood in La Brenne

Our friends in La Brenne have sent us photos of this year’s display of Snakeshead Fritillaries (Fritillaria meleagris) in the secondary woodland we have been helping to clear over the last few years. What a transformation! Originally (not that long ago) this was meadowland with a good population of Frillaries, cowslips and other wildflowers associated […]

Spinning and weaving with naturally dyed wool

Kathy Henderson has been working with wool for many years, producing naturally dyed woven rugs with designs inspired by the local Dorset landscapes and also by the vegetation and scenery in the countries we have visited with EuCAN groups. She will shortly be opening a workshop in north Dorset where she will run spinning and […]

EuCAN helping to create a community wildflower meadow and orchard in Hazelbury Bryan

We have been working with the Parish Council in the north Dorset village of Hazelbury Bryan to enhance the area known as ‘the Keep’ field for the community and for wildlife. A group of eight volunteers from the Somerset EuCAN group spent a day in the first week of March planting four fruit trees (apple varieties […]

2017 Haymaking Camp and Scything Festival in Transylvania

The dates for this year’s Haymaking camp in Transylvania in eastern Romania are July 30th – August 6th – see this link for further info. If there is sufficient interest, we propose to organise transport from Hungary with pick ups at rail stations in Romania. If you are interested in forming a EuCAN group to join in, […]