Friends of the Loxley Valley are organising “balsam bashing” sessions to help to beat back the invasive Himalayan Balsam plant that is starting to establish itself locally.
We’re trying to identify where the plant is gaining a toehold, before it begins to stifle native plants and dominate the riverside landscape. This is beginning to happen along the River Don, where the balsam has now been establishing itself for some years.
Then well try to remove as much of it as we can, to keep it in check.
We’ll use this page to post details of the balsam bashing sessions, and to report on progress as the work gets underway.
In the meantime, we’ve put up a new post that explains more about the problem and how we hope to tackle it. You can read it here: https://friendsoftheloxleyvalley.com/2024/07/05/friends-of-the-loxley-valley-aim-to-beat-himalayan-balsam/