Recent Events
On 13th January, we held our January Jolly social, with a buffet supper and a multi-round general knowledge quiz that stretched our grey matter to just the right extent.
 | The star turn was our Curator Edward Eastwood who gave us a very practical demonstration on rope making. I don’t think any of us had seen something like this before, so we were intrigued and entertained. It became evident that Edward had spent considerable time making the props that illustrated the principles very clearly |
Recent Achievements
Further work has been done on the riverside path, defining it and putting in new revetments. It is now open all the way along the stream from the Entrance Area through to the Chalk Dell and is probably the best path from which to view the snowdrops. Eric's volunteers helped us with this. The drifts of snowdrops themselves have largely been cleared of debris so are fully exposed.
Using old wooden pallets, we have extended the compost heap by the hammer gate to take the cleared undergrowth and twigs that in the past we were more inclined to burn. Some small sycamores were felled as part of the process but the trunks have been used as revetments.
Secure boundaries are important and in order to encourage people to come into the Pinetum through the proper entrances, we have reset some of the post and wire along the top fence and planted 50 hawthorn whips to plug gaps where people had been pushing through.
Using old wooden pallets, we have extended the compost heap by the hammer gate to take the cleared undergrowth and twigs that in the past we were more inclined to burn. Some small sycamores were felled as part of the process but the trunks have been used as revetments.
Secure boundaries are important and in order to encourage people to come into the Pinetum through the proper entrances, we have reset some of the post and wire along the top fence and planted 50 hawthorn whips to plug gaps where people had been pushing through.
