Branded Henllys LNR Gazebo Arrives

A few years ago we were kindly bought a gazebo for our group from 2013's large Tidy Towns Grant which would help us if we had stalls or if we wanted to set up a stand on the LNR or elsewhere. Unfortunately it was a cheap Draper gazebo (If £150 is cheap) and the first time we properly used it at the Henllys Village Fete it was a windy day and it broke. This is a perfect example of the old saying "Buy cheap, buy twice". The frame was non-repairable and now we have a mangled gazebo which we hope we can recycle at least the metal, but certainly some will be going to landfill.

When we knew we were going to get a logo we applied to Big Lottery Wales to their #CelebrateWales grant pot and asked if some of the award could go towards buying a sturdy gazebo which will last longer than one event. I'd seen some good sturdy gazebo's at the Community Farm and decided to put a Gala Tent Gazebo into the application. When we heard we were successful, we waited until we got all the logo formats back and then placed an order for the sturdiest aluminium frame gazebo they stock with branding on the roof, two internal walls and one external wall panel.

We opened the box today and the quality of the gazebo appears to be brilliant with an improved bag design over the one which I had previously seen. This was very interesting as it shows the company has listened to customer feedback and made alterations. It was great to also know that we have purchased something which has been proudly designed and built in Britain. They are easy enough to find online at www.galatent.co.uk.

We'll set it up properly in the next couple of weeks and will add more pictures in an update.

HOT NEWS: We have a Friends of Henllys Local Nature Reserve Logo

Well it has been a long time coming (since 2009) but we are pleased to announce that we have a logo for our group which can be used on a variety of media including on waymarkers to show our involvement in improvements to the Local Nature Reserve, here in Henllys.

We need to say a big thank you to local resident Yvette for her help taking our ethos, aims and ideas and distilling them into something we instantly connected with. Following this, Yvette then produced a full style guide for the branding for our group. We have already now sent off orders for our gazebo through our BLF Celebration grant and our first order of hoodies have been placed with the last of the ASDA grant. As a result, we now have a higher visibility while volunteering on site, or while wandering around town.

Many thanks to ASDA for funding this work through their single use carrier bag charge.

Our main logo

 The concept behind the logo is that we are a voluntary community group who are here to help support the Local Nature Reserve in Henllys. There are a variety of native tree leaves (oak, beech and field maple) and a wildflower where one of the key aims of our work on the LNR is to support and protect native species. The dragonfly reflects the result of our actions where there dragonflies only colonised the LNR after the ponds were added to the mosaic of habitats on the LNR. The apple comes from the orchards which were also planted as a result of our work. The whole icon comes together to form an outline of a tree with our hands supporting the LNR like a tree trunk and its lower branches.

Text part of the logo, bilingual to reflect Wales' cultural heritage

Our waymarker stamp also shows our secondary colour