Water Works
Water Works is a pioneering project, funded by the People’s Postcode Lottery Dream Fund, to study new wet farming techniques that could restore the peat to the Cambridgeshire Fens and help mitigate climate change.
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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
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
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.
Paludiculture, Ponds and Picking - Our Work Experience Diary
Ethan and Evan from Abbey College, Ramsey, spent a week with the Great Fen team on their year 10 work experience.
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
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…
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Warblers, Wansford and Wildlife Surveys - Our Work Experience Diary
Libby and Hannah are year 12 students from Hinchingbrooke School, Huntingdon. They joined us for work experience, learning about conservation careers and local wildlife.
Fens, Fencing and Giant Flies - Our Work Experience Diary
Cameron (year 10, Neale-Wade Academy) and Ashley (year 12, Sir Harry Smith Community College) joined us for a week's conservation work experience.
Our Vision
Our Vision