Tree-planting

Tree-planting

in the

Wildlife Area behind the Sports Centre

Sunday 6^th and 13^th 

 

^{December 2015}

10.00 onwards until midday

No previous experience necessary – all ages welcome!

Bring gloves, wellies, and spades if possible.

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Trees donated by the Woodland Trust to commemorate the First World War

Next Tree Planting - December 6th and 13th

We have 100 or so trees, 30cm tall to plant out in the wildlife area.  They consist of oak, hawthorn, silver birch, blackthorn, and rowan.  Hawthorn and Rowan have already grown well in our soil so far.  The silver birches we planted got mown over by the lawnmower, so it will be good to replant some of these beautiful trees.

Join us on Sunday 6th or 13th December from 10.00am. until lunch-time in the Sports Centre Car Park.  The area is just behind the building.  Bring wellies, gloves and a spade if you have one.  Everyone welcome!

One hundred more trees to plant

More trees to fill the gaps in our spiral hedgerow

We have been given a further 100 small native trees to plant in the wildlife area by the Woodland Trust.  We will be planting them later this month or in early December.

These trees are given to commemorate the First World War, which claimed the lives of at least 27 men who served in the armed forces.

The wildlife area behind the Sports Centre now has a pedestrian gate beside the tennis courts. If you are visiting the area, please shut the gates after you. Sometimes stray sheep manage to find their way in, and then all our young trees get nibbled! 

This summer the area was again full of wild flowers and there were plenty of Ringlets, Skippers and Meadow Brown butterflies which breed on grasses.

In June a group of Beaver (Scouts) came to help put down shredded bark mulch to keep the weeds down round the trees.

If you would like to join in with our activities, we don't charge a membership fee, and everyone is welcome. You can send a message via this page.