It’s the time of the year to look back over the year – or at least for the Friends of Glen Goyle, it’s a good time to look back over the last months since the August 2025 newsletter and indeed the Spring 2025 newsletter. As for the last […]
Author: JW
Jobs, jobs and more jobs down at the Glen
The FOGG working party have been given a nice long list of jobs as part of the coming year’s Works Schedule, supplied by EDDC Horticultural Officer Paul Fealey – and as mapped out in the new page: Weekly Jobs: 2026 – Friends of Glen Goyle […]
Decaying wood and lively invertebrates along the Glen
One of the things the volunteers at FOGG are keen on is getting insect-friendly along the Glen. One way has been building bug hotels along the Glen. Another is to simply leave felled trees to rot away and provide an inviting home for invertebrates. In the Friends of […]
Friends of Glen Goyle Annual Report 2025
It was at the Vision Group for Sidmouth’s AGM that the Friends of Glen Goyle project gave their 2025 Annual Report – which is published here in full: FRIENDS OF GLEN GOYLE – ANNUAL REPORT 2025 Firstly thanks to John Hopkins, John McGregor, and Roger our treasurer, for providing […]
A good time of year to go planting along the Glen!
It’s been busy along Glen Goyle… This week’s working party session saw half a dozen volunteers from the FOGG working party making use of what was brought in by council horticultural officer Paul Fealey – 1125 bulbs [dog’s tooth violets, crocus, snowdrop, bluebell, anemone, squill, […]
A collage of autumn colours along the Glen
This time of year is always fabulous, with colours bursting out. In particular, the Japanese maples in autumn along the Glen are always stunning. But this year the colours of autumn seem so much more intense – to the extent that these blog pages keep posting pieces […]
RHS “It’s Your Neighbourhood” Outstanding Award 2025 for the Friends of Glen Goyle
Back in July, the RHS judges and Sidmouth in Bloom visited the Glen – and the photos make for an impressive show. Well, last year, the RHS gave an “It’s Your Neighbourhood” Outstanding Award for the Friends of Glen Goyle. And last Saturday, at a relaxed ceremony at […]
A perfect spot to remember the last residents of Asherton House and gardens
We know ‘the seating in the Goyle is very popular and often occupied’ from comments by volunteers of the FOGG working party and from visitors and passers-by who stop to chat with the volunteers. Two years ago the FOGG project looked at benches along the Glen – and approached […]
Autumn plumage along the Glen
One of the highlights of Glen Goyle is the grand Japanese acer overlooking the lawn. Here it is captured in its full autumn plumage by FOGG member John Hopkins: Indeed, it is such a spectacle that these pages have featured it every year of late, […]
The importance of attracting barn owls along the Glen
There are hopes of seeing owls across the Glen as not only have owls been seen and heard even in the very centre of Sidmouth, but Glen Goyle is only a short flight from open countryside. They are certainly in the Valley, with Sidmouth’s Donkey […]