Hymalayan Balsam … undermining our river banks.

Before and after.

Many thanks to whoever pulled up this stand of Himalayan Balsam, it may not look like much but every little really does help. Each patch cleared is a patch of bank with a little extra protection for the next floods.

You too can make a difference, just spend 5 minutes pulling up some Balsam plants, snap the stems and pile them up like this. You’ll be surprised how easy it is and how much you can do in just 5 minutes.

It may look very pretty, early summer in full flower but it is damaging the river bank year on year.

It looks like a huge task but if everyone can do their little bit we CAN BEAT BALSAM.

Thanks once again to this Balsam Basher.