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More Jubilee Trees To Be Planted This Saturday – 1st December

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Tree Planting on Jubilee Walk

 

Due to the recent hard frosts this event will be re-arranged for a future date/time.

We are very pleased to say that Darren Shepherd has been given 400 more native trees from the Woodland Trust to boost the planting we did in the Spring,  on Jubilee walk.

We’ll be planting them this weekend coming (Saturday 1st December), so, if  you’d like to come and help with the planting of blackthorn, hazel, wild roses and cherries, all of which will be good for our birdlife,  then meet Darren at 10.30am by the Sheepfold Entrance Bench.  Bring a spade, as the trees will be slit planted,  and don’t forget sturdy boots to overcome the muddy conditions on the paths at the moment.

Making a difference with the Bulb Bonanza – by Chris Parapia

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Making A Difference

Saturday 27th October was “Making a Difference Day” coordinated by CSV nationwide.

The Friends of Parkinson’s park really made a big difference to how the park will look in the future by planting 500 Tete a Tete daffodil bulbs kindly donated by the Groundwork Trust in Leeds.

We had an excellent turnout of volunteers including 5 young volunteers all of whom got “dug” in to make the morning such a success.  Special thanks to Jessica, sister Katie , Sophie May  and Katie and William  seen wearing the ” Make a Difference” t shirts. We had a new and unusual volunteer this week, Grace a beautiful chicken belonging to Katie and William. Continue reading →

” He Who Plants A Tree, Plants A Hope”

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Darren Shepherd, tells David Myers about the trees as Friends gather with spades

“A superb morning and a great effort by like minded people”.  That was the verdict of the Friends who turned out on a drizzly morning to be told by project manager Darren Shepherd how to slit plant 104 trees donated by the Woodland Trust for a wildlife shrub border to celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee.

After an initial damp start, we were soon stripping off, as the sun beat down on our efforts, and the digging started to work those calories.  As if to help us, no sooner had we finished our Yorkshire snack of tasty fruit cake and cheese, than the heavens opened and rained poured down on the newly planted whips: we hope that is a good omen !

This was the first Friends project to get underway,  and Councillor Graham Latty came to open the event and wish us well.  Continue reading →

Oak Canopy & Logs – Questions

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Dead wood cut from the oak trees

The tree work has generated many questions.

One recent one is ‘why the oak tree canopy has been cut back, as it was lovely to walk under?’  Answer – It is dead wood that has been cut out of the trees.   If left these 100 year old oak trees would deteriorate, and there are signs that the neglect of the past 10 years has started that process.  By cutting out the dead wood the trees will hopefully put on new growth and last another 100 years.  In addition,  dead wood, wind and a path do not make for a safe environment in a world where ‘ambulance chasing’ is rife. Continue reading →

Oooo; That Looks Brutal

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Managing the Decline of a Sycamore

Unfortunately several trees in the Park,  mostly the horse chestnuts,  are dying.   Instead of felling them,  it has been decided to ‘manage the decline’, and carry out a form of pollarding.   By taking out a lot of the head and lower branches,  the tree will be less likely to be blown over in a high wind – as happened in the recent gales with some of the nearby conifers.   Secondly,  children will not be able to swing on the lower branches, thus endangering themselves and the tree.   The tree may well also put on some new growth.

We will have to fell one of the large sycamores in the wall of the Park, as it is dangerous, and in danger of falling on a nearby house.

Ten Years Younger – Phase 1 and 2

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30th November 2011

19th January 2012

The new Field Gate Entrance is done, which, together with the work on Little Kelcliffe, opens up the landscape view, and creates a more inviting scene  – a dog bin will be going in by this gate as soon as the Council get them in; a number of people have been requesting one.

This almost concludes Phase 1 of the regeneration.    Phase 2 of work will  look at the trees Continue reading →