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…
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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…
Bramble Road return – 11 April 2019
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…
Cuppers Close – 4 April 2019
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…
Bramble Road Park – 28 March 2019
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…