1 January 2012

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TOWN and District councillors were welcomed to Standen’s recent Open Day to see the work which can now be carried out in Hollybush Wood thanks to a £2,000 MSDC grant.

The money will be used to buy the materials needed to extend a boardwalk which will improve access around the ancient woodland. The area is managed traditionally by volunteer workers under the guidance of James Masters, Standen’s head gardener, and Trudie Jacobs, the assistant woodland warden.

Town Mayor John Saull and his wife attended the Open Day with town council colleagues, Mandy Thomas-Atkin, the Chairwoman of Mid Sussex District Council and Robert Morley, National Trust Regional Chairman for London and the South East.

Bob Mainstone (Town & District Councillor), James Masters, Mandy Thomas-Atkin (Chair MSDC), Dick Sweatman (EGTC & MSDC Councillor)