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Meeting the Master Thatchers
With 97% of the UK's reed for thatching currently being imported, how can reed grown in the Great Fen contribute to the UK's commercial demand? Graham Carter, President of the East…
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Keep up to date with the latest stories, research, projects and challenges as we work to tackle the climate and nature crisis.
Getting underway - again - with Water Works
Kate Carver, Great Fen project manager, gives an update on the Water Works project and the challenges we face after lockdown.
Summer at Water Works
Project Manager Kate Carver talks us through the exciting leaps forward for the crops, the science and the people of our peatland paludiculture trials.
Water Works Waves Farewell to 2020
The autumn planting period at the Great Fen Water Works project reaches a successful conclusion
Water Works Presented to Global Audience at RRR2021
In March 2021, the Water Works partnership was honoured to be invited to present at the Greifswald Mire Centre virtual conference, RRR2021, focused on renewable resources from wet and rewetted…
Work suspended on Water Works project
Due to Covid-19 all work on the wet farming crop trials - part of the two year Water Works project - was halted at the Great Fen in observance with government guidelines
All Hands on Deck at Water Works
The new wet-farming beds are rapidly filling up with the trial crops thanks to a steady flow of willing and hard-working volunteer groups
Pumping at Rymes
Water returns to Rymes Reedbed after a very dry summer!
Leap into spring at the Great Fen
Following record February rainfall in East Anglia, the water levels are high and as the temperatures are mild, wildlife at the Great Fen is taking advantage of the opportunities provided.