A glorious (dry again) October day for us to gather at the inspirational 2 Fields outside Debenham, a diverse community, in effect, run by Jeanie and Glenn. Glen on a digger in the background preparing the base of their home (challenges galore). For Fe, organising the event, it was the morning of the death of… Continue reading Tree Warden seeding and one source of Deben
NCFed Annual Gathering Nottingham
Somewhere west of Nottingham, in a scout camp, a warm October Thursday. Fe by the fire, Fay in a rocking chair she usefully packed with her. Three dogs and I inside the van, the youngest, Kobo, on her first road trip, as excited as a young child. She enjoys a pigs ear. Before here (it… Continue reading NCFed Annual Gathering Nottingham
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Gift of Quercus
I gave myself a gift of oaks after the climate action weekend - a joy that I anticipate to plant these now there is time! Thank you Jurassic plants. Love your packaging. Quercus rubra - Red Oak Quercus libani - Lebanon Oak Quercus trojana - Macedonian Oak, Trojan Oak Evergreen Oak Collection Quercus canariensis -… Continue reading Gift of Quercus
Halesworth Tree News – September 2026
Sad news indeed when a magnificent elder tree will be felled and taken out of the famililar skyline as we walk up or down Station Road. The Magnolia copper beech will be felled due to being colonised by Meripilus Giganteus. Meripilus causes aggressive white rot of the roots and basal area which in turn significantly… Continue reading Halesworth Tree News – September 2026
How climate change is reshaping Britain’s trees: Pride of India is in it
BBC Judus Tree (cercis) Golden Rain Tree (Koelreuteria paniculata), also known as Pride of India, "If you look around the country, a lot of the ash are dying," James said. "We need to keep replanting new and diverse species. "The key to mitigating climate change from a tree point of view is planting a wide… Continue reading How climate change is reshaping Britain’s trees: Pride of India is in it
Halesworth Heritage Tree Walk 2026
'Imagine you're in an C18th painting' were the instructions to the group who came on the Heritage Tree Walk, September 2025. Here's the small but perfectly formed group of this years first heritage tree walk. Begun in 2019, these walks are part and parcel of our Heritage Tree data set, which not only documents our… Continue reading Halesworth Heritage Tree Walk 2026
Winter 2026 Tree Work
Tree inspection with Paul and latterly Rob, September 2026. It is shocking how many Oaks are dying. Estimated between 30 and 40. Should an area be thinned to prejudice the surviving oaks? Contact Uk power network to get quote to fell Turkey Oak, pollard 2 oaks, and Ash pollard over wires Alice Holt - acute… Continue reading Winter 2026 Tree Work
The genius of trees by Harriet Rix
The story of the agency of trees. WhT trees so for humans well known. This tree to tree. Charlot trees a brief history 440 million fungi towered over swamps 400 million years ago: Fossil records of the first tree-like plants appear, such as lycophytes, ferns, and horsetails. These types of plants did not have seeds yet,… Continue reading The genius of trees by Harriet Rix
Marion in the Community Garden
She get's us together, she does, and so it was we rocked up to get the garden prepared for the arrival of Greenprint Forum. I notice that with this modest rain the oak burned in the fire is with green leaf at its tip and the lime I thougt dead, is also with late green… Continue reading Marion in the Community Garden