Hollyfort News 6 Jan 2021

Highly Commended in Community Biodiversity Project 2020

Hollyfort Tidy Towns has been 'Highly Commended' in  Keep Wexford Beautiful Competition 2020. In the Best Community Biodiversity Project category, their project, Biodiversity Needs Pollination, recorded the ways in which the Tidy Towns raised awareness of the importance of biodiversity and pollination. It included the planting of bee-friendly plants and trees in various sites and local gardens, the current biodiversity project on derelict land in the village, and how one person took on the challenge of the NBDC's Garden Challenge, including it in the NBDC’s ‘Actions for Pollinators’.

Save Energy at Home & in your Community Webinar

Codema will host an online event on Thursday 10th December at 6:30pm which will focus on Saving Energy at Home & In Your Community. 

The event will be an excellent opportunity to not only learn about the benefits of joining the SEC programme but to pick up some useful home energy saving tips coming into the winter months.

If you are interested in joining, please register via the Eventbrite link below. 

• Eventbrite link: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/save-energy-at-home-and-in-your-community-tickets-128876459961 

• Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/events/420075375672615/ 

Link to Codema website: https://www.codema.ie/sec/upcoming-events/

TidyTowns Ireland Photo Comp

TidyTowns Photography Competition are looking for photographs which capture the ethos of TidyTowns or perhaps a project that TTs group have brought to fruition - tidytowns.ie

Details on how to enter:
1. Photographs should be emailed to tidytowns@drcd.gov.ie stating which TidyTowns group you are from or if you are entering the junior element.
2. Photographs should not contain close up images of other people unless you have received their permission to take and submit the photograph to this competition.
3. For TidyTowns groups or individual entries a first prize of €150 and second prize of €75 will be made to the TidyTowns group associated with the entry. There will also be a first prize of €75 and second prize of €50 for junior entries from the 12-18 years old age group. The prizes for the junior entries will be paid to the individual themselves.

The TidyTowns Unit may use photographs submitted for social media or publications going forward.

The closing date for entries is Friday November 20th.

MT NEBO WALK

 We are pleased to confirm that Hollyfort's Mt Nebo Walk is now accredited by Sport Ireland. 

This 5.6km walk has been included on the Wexford Walking Trails website

Check it out here 

SCARYHOLLYFORT VIDEO

 

Tip of the Month - Eco-Friendly Weed Killer

Vinegar is an effective weed killer. Like most herbicides, it is non-selective but unlike commercial weed killers, vinegar is eco-friendly and won’t harm people, pets or the environment.

To destroy weeds for good in these trouble spots such as in gravel drives and paths, add common table salt to vinegar. Just make sure to never pour the salt mixture on soil, as the solution will make sure that nothing grows in that spot again.

Drench the weeds with the solution on a dry, sunny day. Coat all surfaces well with the spray. Any plants soaked with this solution will die within several days. They won’t be back and nothing else will ever grow there.