Our trip out this morning consisted of two parts. First was a maintenance run to the trees planted along the River Walks by Ebenezer Close. We had planted three Black Poplar trees between the path and the rough grass area, leading down to the river. While these trees were only planted three years ago, two…
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Back to Pastures Old – 3 October 2019
With the watering season finished, we thought it wise to reassess our previous plantings. As we only normally water for two years after planting, we do not often get the chance to look at our previous efforts. We did indeed start at Pastures Road, but mainly to assess the planting done by Kings – the…
Report to Town Council – 2019
WTG’s annual report to Witham Town Council is now available to read on our website. Please see the ‘About Us’ section where the 2019 report is located.
Hottest UK Day Recorded – 25 July 2019
Thursday 25th July 2019, a memorable day for many, as this was the hottest day ever recorded in the UK, as confirmed by the Met Office, when the temperature reached a whopping 38.7C. During this heatwave week, our deputy chairman Allan, was out with his wheelbarrow containing two full watering cans, a fork and some…
Greenfields and Asda replacements – 23 May 2019
Our final planting for the season. Two stragglers! Our last two trees of the season were replacements for previous trees that had been planted, but not survived for various reasons. Our tree transporter trailer was loaded for the last time and with both trees in leaf, the London Plane was beyond the back of the…
Tree Groups growing in number
A recent article in the Sunday Times reported the growth of Community Tree Groups across the country. Many of these groups were formed when it was realised that austerity hit local authorities were unable to replace trees felled on account of age, disease or issues such as broken pavements or subsidence. The article points out…