Land leased by the trust at the Lord Rank Playing field, at Micheldever Station and the Gratton at Sutton Scotney has now been sold to the Parish Councils. Jackie worked with the Parish Councils and the Village Hall groups involved to find money to purchase to land and asked the County Council to support the legal cost of the purchase through a grant.

Jackie says

‘These grants enabled the organisations to make sure their costs didn’t grow as queries arose, and now the land is in local hands-which is a good outcome for local people’

The Gratton Trust still leases the land, but now from the Parish Council, and on a sunny weekend in March, Jackie joined a team of volunteers to help Avril and Miranda, a Gratton Trustee, to plant wildflowers there.
The morning crew had done a great job and by the time the afternoon crew had finished, the snowdrop glade, and new bank of primroses looked amazing!
Thanks to everyone involved.

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