This last couple of months we have been busy helping the IW Council and specifically their Tree Officers with tree and hedge planting. All thanks to an IWC project funded by the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) via The Tree Council's Trees Outside Woodland Fund. Today was the last of these 6 weeks as the season changes and we enter spring.
The sunny springlike warm weather certainly was welcomed both by us lot, we had a good turnout of volunteers, and also users of the 'Rec' who as they passed by made many positive comments.
The trees were selected for flowering and fruiting varieties and included Hawthorn, Rowan, Crab Apple and Cockspur Hawthorn. They were planted in the ground using the same technique as previous weeks, see Los Altos and Foxes Park blog posts. The ground however was much easier digging here! We also uncovered several finds of what must have been a refuse dumping area, a midden, see the photos below.
We all hope that these trees will be left unmolested to thrive and provide an avenue of blossom each spring. They are being protected and supported by stakes and cages.
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