Glen Goyle is full of all sorts – both native and exotic, belying its history as both a private garden and a more natural path along the stream which flows from the ornamental ‘lawn’ area down through the glen. And now these bulbs and bushes […]

Last November, it was clearly a good time of year to go planting along the Glen, as during yesterday’s session by the FOGG volunteer working party, the council’s Horticultural Officer Paul Fealey “called in and said he was pleased with all the flowers on show […]

The team at East Devon’s Streetscene are extremely busy – as they are not only asked to do all sorts in the green spaces and other areas they are responsible for, but they are rather short staffed, as shown in the recent job advertisements on […]

In the early summer of 2024, the Sampson Society visited Glen Goyle and this time last year, the Trefoil Guild enjoyed the early spring down the Glen. It’s now the turn of another local group to appreciate this charming corner of Sidmouth – as ever guided by the […]

A month ago, we were praising the show of glorious Camellia along the Glen . They seem to be getting even better as spring approaches – or, as Friends of Glen Goyle working party member John Hopkins would have it: “it’s a very good year […]

Mid-November last year seemed to be a good time of year to go planting along the Glen. And it seems to be mid-February when we see the first crocus along the Glen. Bulbs certainly do very well on Glen Goyle, with the good drainage and dappled light […]

This time of the year belongs to the Camellia, giving us vibrant colours in the late winter gloom. FOGG volunteer John Hopkins was busy with fellow working party members this morning, but found a moment to take a shot of this fine specimen along the […]

Back in the spring of last year we looked at plans for bat boxes along the Glen.  In the previous summer, the Devon Wildlife Trust visited “the wonderful Glen Goyle” – and Katie Wilkinson, Wilder Communities Team Leader at the DWT, was not only shown around the Glen and […]

As the years go by and, hopefully, as the FOGG project progresses, it’s interesting to make comparisons. So, looking at very early spring along the Glen from February 2023, FOGG working party member Katie Frost noted that “the list of wildlife that session included three gold crests being […]

There’s been some interesting debate about what to call the brook, with the latest from only last month: What’s in a name? What to call the stream running through the Glen Goyle? Part three… And for such a small and short stream, it has quite a […]