FRtENDS OF FULLARTON ANNUAL REPORT 2024- 2025 Chairyer4on: Ire&sutYr.' Mira]]da mcl.can Marilyn Pcntna SeLr¢tJry'. AnnL Stobbs Commitiee Members.. All￿)n (iemmill. R()$ Glen. C.hairper50n'$ R¢poTL It been anoihcr b￿sY year for the Friets(ts of Fullarton Corntllitlee. with 8 e()fftfftittee meeting and 7 sunday voluttteeT Eessions. Our v()lunteers helped mainlain thc wildlife hed8e and Championship Gardcji and dedl with thc Himd]dya￿ Balsam. 5yLdtnvre saplin8% rhvdodendron rL'gr(Iwth. Wc have pri)pagated native wildflowcrs OUT allotment plot ftsr IronsplatJtjn8 Inlc) the W(￿a5. which will help our native ptsllinator5. WL dlsi) welcomed from SC￿[11$h Wildlifc Trusi vi)lunleer5 who joJnLd up with thL South Ayrshire R￿S¥¢r ServECe to cle￿￿ up aftcr ihe January storni. 'IhL WilJlife'lnsSt als() came lo help tran5plattt our cxlra tree saplin&s, which were di)llated io other local woodland 8]t)UP5. A fvrther ji)Inl %¢ssion with the Ran8crs Ltj July dcalt with the r¢mainiJi8 Flimaldyan Balsam. In April. we hcld our p(Trpular Spring Inio Naturc 8uided walk. Alison alsu addcd inforn)aLion about the historical ftrah]res of the Woods. which was very well recetved. Wc joinL,d the Rallgcr SetViLe in September fvr a Bat & Moth walk. which was well attended. This Wtis follow¢￿ up with two 5CSSiOtsS i)n Moihs with pupils from Marr College. DuriTr8 the yeBr, we have be¢n approached by Australian and A]nerican visilots regardin8 the his¢i)ry of Crosbie Castle. Alison h&% done a 8realjob ()f meetin8 them aDd providing h151vrical inforniatiott. We 8r¢ still trying to seek a meetin8 with South Ayrshire Council regarding a number of L5511e5 such &% Jap¥nes¢ Knolw¢¢d removal, ttew Irce plantin￿, the poor state ol'hiEI()rical slnJL(ure% and the Fairy'lrdil mural on the toil¢t block. which i% wnfusin8 vis11()Tb. A5 ycl. we have had no res]x)Dse and are taking the malter up with the loc￿ Councillors. Sadly. two members of c)ur C()tnmittcc have r¢.signed. It w#5 d¢Lidcd that WL posI￿ne our vtslunteer sessions ￿ntIl thc end ot-rebruary. In the m