NEWSLETTER OF THE HERTFORDSHIRE CMS cmsnews No 101 • Spring 2008
When Letchworth Garden City was built after 1903, Norton Common was retained as an open space close to the town centre. Local farmers once had rights to pasture cattle but the farms went as the houses advanced. Without regular grazing, most of the grassland gradually disappeared under trees. Members of Letchworth Naturalists kept open some parts where
interesting plants grow and the CMS has joined in for over 20 years.
Now that the Friends of Norton Common has successfully recruited plenty of members, more ambitious clearance work and tackling narrow and muddy paths is possible. Twenty-five scouts, cubs and beavers helped them widen a path alongside the Pix Brook and another in a
wooded area. CMS staff and Wednesday volunteers removed larger bushes and stumps to complete the job and accomplish targets set by the management plan.
Applying for Green Flag status for the site will be a priority in 2008.
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