Despite terrible
weather, a good 15 or so hardy souls turned up on 16th March to help plant
fruit trees and shrubs in five newly created beds to the back of the stone circle on Hilly Fields. We were delighted to have the help and practical
support of Jon Stokes and Margaret Lipscombe from The Tree Council (who have
funded this project), and our own John Thompson from Lewisham Council's Green
Scene who came along to help shift some particularly 'claggy' London clay. We were also joined by volunteers from The Friends of Hilly Fields, Transition Brockley, The London Orchard Project, and, of course, the hard core from The Brockley Society itself.
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| Photo courtesy of Friends of Hilly Fields/Phil Hall |
Hot soup and
reviving beverages were laid on at Hilly Fields Café courtesy of The Tree
Council, and Jon Stokes later led a walk around the area to talk about the tree
planting in Hilly Fields, and gave us suggestions about how we can best
safeguard the trees we have, and plan for the future.
Last but not least, we are very pleased to have
made a connection with the pupils and staff of Prendergast Hilly Fields College
who came and did some planting on the Friday before. We look forward to working
with them again on the Jubilee Tree Planting event planned for
May (updates to follow).
We are grateful
for the help of Glendale (Green Scene's contractor) who rotivated the plots
ahead of time, and who mulched the beds later in the week.
We will be bringing you regular updates about this project as the shrubs and plants become established, and about further plans to regenerate the tree stock in this lovely and precious local park.
Nicola, Anthony Eamonn & James
Tree Wardens
The Brockley Society
