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Mick Pywell loved his little garden. So did the three horse chestnuts he nurtured from seed. So much so that they outgrew the space available. Sadly Mick recently passed away before he could find them a new home. His daughter, Michelle, not wishing to see them simply cut down contacted the Tree Group. The trees…

Having finished the 17 tree project on the Hatfield Road Estate and having filled the interval by planting 4 replacement trees in The Avenue, we came back on 26 January to finish the World War 1 Memorial Park between Bramble Road and Honeysuckle Way. We had the last 15 trees to plant and fortunately were…

This morning we made our way back to the Hatfield Road Estate where last week we had planted 4 limes and 2 hornbeams near Allectus Way shops.  For today’s planting, our first trailer load comprised 4 liquidambars and 2 acers and a second load comprised 3 more acers, another liquidambar and a single betula. Eric…

Members of the Tree Group gathered today, in Covid secure fashion, to plant 6 trees, one set of four limes and a pair of hornbeam, by the shops near Allectus Way and King Edward Way on the Hatfield Road Estate. The day started off frosty but by the time Allan had marked out the planting…

Having limbered up last Friday, 18 December, by planting four trees funded by Witham Town Council, three in Bramble Road and one in Forest Road, we returned today, 22 December, to continue our work on the World War1 Memorial Park between Bramble Road and Honeysuckle Way. This project, funded by Braintree District Council and supported…

Having combined the delivery for our various orders, we had a delivery of 40 trees from Barchams, the tree growers near Ely.  These were unloaded off the lorry and look in good shape. They consist of trees for the Memorial Park, which we hope be planting next week with help from a contractor, trees for…