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The following appears in KWT’s latest email newsletter…

Heartless hay theft leaves livestock food supplies short

104 bales of hay worth an estimated £600 have been stolen from the Trust’s nature reserve at Marden Meadow near Staplehurst this week.

A vigilant resident became suspicious when he noticed that the reserve gate had been left wide open for a prolonged period and immediately alerted the Trust.

The Trust’s Weald Area Warden, Matt Hayes said: ‘This callous act would have been highly visible from the Marden Road and it would have taken some considerable time to load a large truck or trailer. We now need to buy our hay to keep our livestock fed through the winter months.’

The police are dealing with the matter, but if anyone has seen any suspicious activities going on at the reserve recently, can they please call the Trust on 01622 662012 or email matt.hayes@kentwildlife.org.uk.

That’s the official one of course….

Please visit the Yalding Gardens Twitter page here and click to follow, for all the latest news and events information.

The list of events at the Gardens for the Summer, is on the official website, here.

New ‘Loyalty Schemes’ introduced for local residents’ annual membership; meals and drinks.

More information on the official Yalding Gardens Facebook page

Following our latest NewsList mailing; we received an e-mail from a local (to Yalding) resident; saddened by what she sees as our negative comments towards the Yalding Gardens and their owners and concerned that we are not being supportive of same.  Our correspondent also mentioned that she had read a number of our earlier emails; which caused similar upset. (NB: NewsList members can easily unsubscribe here)

Whilst we have probably addressed these points in the past; time and events move-on. So in the event that it might assist others, similarly concerned; we publish our response below – and would of course welcome comments…

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The online edition of the Kent Messenger is stating that residents of Yalding, Laddingford, Hunton and Collier Street can now get 20 per cent off the annual membership to the Gardens.

The KM also states that there is a complete programme of summer activities, especially with children in mind. Starting on Monday, July 26 with a series of bug hunts in the gardens.

Full article here.

We are delighted to see that the ‘official’ Yalding Gardens website at http://yaldinggardens.org/ has now been updated. A great improvement on the original temporary site!

Although clearly still a bit ‘under development’; the site carries much of the text of the current garden leaflet, and provides links to the ‘Hedgeblog’ – albeit with somewhat eccentric navigation.

Just noticed that the online edition of the Kent Messenger (here) has a short article on the Gardens wanting volunteer gardeners.

We picked-up a ‘Volunteering Aplication Form’ from the Gardens the other day – and it can be downloaded here, if required.