Terry's photos
We returned to Los Altos Park in Sandown this week to
continue with the tree planting project managed by Tony, the IWC Tree
Officer. Funding has been secured to
increase the tree canopy within the Bay area, and there are several of these planting
sessions both with GG and with the public.
Today we concentrated on planting a hedgerow parallel with
the railway track. As can be seen from
Terry’s photos, a double row of holes were dug and the turf retained. A small amount of compost was put at the
bottom of the holes along with some water retaining granules and a sprinkling
of mycorrhizal fungi. The whip was put
into the hole at the required depth and the cut-out turf replaced upside down
around the roots and then backfilled with soil.
At the end of the session chipped bark was put down as a mulch around
the whips. The whips were planted in
groups of six of each species in a random pattern along the hedgerow.
The varieties of trees planted were oak, field maple, black
elder, rose, wayfaring tree, blackthorn, hawthorn, willow, hazel, wych elm and
guelder rose.
Thank you to Terry and Mark for the photos.
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