728 x 90

biodiversity

  • Return of the water vole!

    Return of the water vole!0

    Berrylands-based Citizen Zoo has raised £18,250 to bring water voles back to the Hogsmill River. The rewilding group’s fundraiser smashed its original £12,000 target. The extra money will now help recruit a dedicated water vole officer to manage the scheme and scale the project beyond the Hogsmill River to the Thames. The next two years will

    READ MORE
  • Volunteers rally at Victoria rec for community clear-up day

    Volunteers rally at Victoria rec for community clear-up day0

    This was the bountiful haul when volunteers cleared the dense undergrowth around the tennis courts in Victoria recreation ground; 50 lost balls (some slightly chewed). The community rallied to spruce up Victoria rec, trim unruly foliage, pick up litter and dramatically improve the Victoria Avenue entrance’s flowerbeds. Twenty five volunteers from the Friends group used

    READ MORE
  • Mask up for Hogsmill water voles

    Mask up for Hogsmill water voles0

    Stand out from the crowd, and support a good cause at the same time, by sporting this eye-catching water vole mask (see pic above). The Get InVOLEd mask costs £7.50 with free postage thrown in. Made to order by volunteers from recycled polyester and cotton bed sheets (50-50), it has an endearing water vole logo

    READ MORE
  • London’s hidden hunters

    London’s hidden hunters0

    Surbiton’s wildlife expert Elliot Newton will be shedding some light on the capital’s hidden hunters this morning (Saturday) at 11am on the Earth Live Lessons YouTube channel. Elliot, Kingston Council’s biodiversity officer, will be telling us more about the woodpeckers, dragonflies, bats and other creatures which use London as their hunting ground. Tune in to

    READ MORE
  • YouTube broadcast on urban wildlife

    YouTube broadcast on urban wildlife0

    Surbiton’s wildlife champion Elliot Newton will be broadcasting live at midday today (Saturday) on the Earth LIVE Lessons YouTube channel. Elliot, who masterminded last summer’s WILD Kingston event at the Rose Theatre, and who spearheads local environmental and conservation projects at Fishponds Park, Berrylands Nature Reserve and Tolworth Court Farm, will be discussing urban nature.

    READ MORE

Latest Posts

About

 

The Good Life is free, publishing six times a year to 11,500 homes in Surbiton, Tolworth, Berrylands and Long Ditton. We now reach 28,000 readers with our well-written editorial, and our eye-catching adverts.

 

The Good Life is printed by DirectColour

You can collect a copy from

 

  1. Shoes at Last, Maple Road
  2. The cornerHOUSE arts centre, Douglas Road
  3. Michael’s Shoe Repairs, Claremont Road
  4. Jennings the butcher, Ewell Road
  5. Community Motors, Red Lion Road
  6. Stear Greengrocer’s, Surbiton Hill Park
  7. Court Farm Garden Centre, Old Kingston Road

Advertise with us!

 

We’re keen for local companies and sole traders to use our highly competitive advertising rates to boost their business.

For information on advertising rates, copy deadlines and publication dates, please see our Advertise with us! page.


Advertise with us!
Top
© Copyright The Good Life | Website by abricot production
Previous Next
Close
Test Caption
Test Description goes like this