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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…

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…

Today we returned to Bramble Road to plant the last three remaining trees from our pre-Christmas order from Barcham’s nursery that have been stored on Eric’s drive since mid-January. Along with a few other trees sourced separately and some replacement trees provided by BDC and WTC, we have planted some 30 trees since the end…

At 9.30 this morning Allan had arranged to meet with a technician from Essex and Suffolk Water at Cuppers Close.  The reason for this is because two weeks earlier we very unluckily hit a waterpipe whilst excavating, something that has never happened before in our four year history during which we have planted in excess…

The tree planting we wish we were not doing! This week we were planting trees around the children’s play area near the corner of Bramble Road and Flora Road. This was a planting session that was different from usual for us in two ways. Firstly, and very positively, we were joined by two Aegon employees…

Today’s destination for tree planting was Epping Way where we planted three lovely trees; a Betula Pendula ‘Tristis’ and two Acer Campestre, ‘Louisa Red Shine’ and ‘William Caldwell’. These trees, as with most of our trees, come from a specialist nursery in Ely called Barcham. For the last year or so they have been grown…