TREES

The Village Trust would like to thank all those who turned out on a very wet Thursday to plant the 14 Fruit Trees that Hampshire County Council supplied for planting our Community Orchard on Barry’s Meadow.

We have 4 eating apples, 4 cooking apples, 2 cherry, 2 pear and 2 plum trees. I they all survive we could start getting fruit in a couple of years and maybe if the idea works, we may be able to extend it.

We would also like to thank the 30 or so who turned out to plant the 150 trees on a much dryer Sunday 3 days later. The Village Gardening Club and Allotment Society helped along with numerous individual residents.

We have 50 trees that encourage pollinators, 50 that attract wildlife and 50 traditional British woodland trees. The trees were supplied by I Dig Trees through the Conservation Volunteers organisation, which the Trust made a contribution to.

This year’s planting has added to the 100 or so trees we put in last year.

We are not expecting all the trees will survive and the extremely wet weather of late doesn’t bode too well but fingers crossed, we only lost a few of last years planting and if we get the same percentage our plan to create a copse for the village will have been a success.

Please try to avoid the area for a while to allow the plants room to set.

Our next project is the internal refurbishment of the Village Hall which will be closed for 6 weeks from the middle of July to allow the work to be undertaken

A video of the Sunday planting can be viewed by clicking the button at the top of this page.