On the last day of January, members of the Witham Tree Group gathered for out first planting session of the year. We have three trees to be planted this morning, and these are ready and loaded onto the tree transporter trailer together with posts and guards. Two of the trees have been sponsored by Tree…
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Witham Tree Group. Trees arrival 2019
They have arrived. At around 8.30am this morning the lorry arrived from Barcham’s nursery in Ely with our trees to be planted this year. As usual, the trees are always bigger than I remember, even the shortest being over 12ft tall. The trees have been grown in white fabric bags for the last year or…
A few more photos.
The Ginkgo (Maidenhair Tree) in the Memorial Garden is developing into one of the finest examples in Witham of this unique tree. The Rowan and Silver Birch were planted by the Grove Residents’ Association in 2000 to mark the Millennium. These photos were taken in Autumn 2018, we hope you enjoy them and of course…
Like seeing old friends!
The watering season having finished, we thought that it would be a good idea to inspect all the trees that we have planted over the last 3 years. As we normally only water trees for 2 years after planting, there were some of the trees planted in our first planting year that we had not…
A magical time of year……..
There is something quite magical and beautiful about this time of year. As autumn marks the gradual change from summer to winter it is probably the season with the biggest range in weather conditions; cold nights, early sunsets and damp mornings. It’s a perfect time to go for a walk and take in the beauty…
Resident consultation on next year’s tree plantings now concluded
The locations selected for next year’s tree plantings have been mostly residential. Letters were sent to residents in these areas seeking comments on our proposals. The feedback has been largely positive and with a few adjustments to our original plans we are now in a position to place an order with the nursery for 23…