On 23 January we reached the end of planting on this site for the current planting season, adding 7 more trees to bring the total to 53. By our recent standards this was a modest target and, with the excellent assistance of April, Dan, David and Lloyd from Aegon Ltd, all the trees were planted, supported and caged well before lunchtime.
The budget allocated by Braintree District Council for this purpose in 2019/20 is now exhausted but funds are available in 2020/21 to complete this important project. With the majority of the trees already planted, we shall be aiming to get as many as possible of the remaining trees in the ground before next Christmas. Meanwhile we will take on the significant additional task of watering all the existing trees through the spring and summer.
We turn now to planting in various parts of the town the trees funded by Witham Town Council.
Richard Hawkes
23 January 2020
