A group of "balsam bashers" from the Friends of the River Frome, led by Dorothy-Anne Bryant, visited Iford today to assist us with the ongoing fight against Himalayan Balsam.
Balsam is an annoyingly pretty, but highly invasive species which is colonising the UK's river banks.
The team of 8 donned their gloves, waders, and other gear and pulled the better part of two tonnes of plants over the course of a couple of hours.
We even deployed the good ship Siegfried.
Siegfried is a former Rheingold dredger from back in the day (no, not really).
It was a lot of fun, and if you would like to join the Balsam Bashers in
their essential work to free the bank from this invasive plant, then go
to their website here:
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