Our trip out this morning consisted of two parts. First was a maintenance run to the trees planted along the River Walks by Ebenezer Close. We had planted three Black Poplar trees between the path and the rough grass area, leading down to the river.
While these trees were only planted three years ago, two of them are already looking like substantial trees. Consequently we thought it time to remove the cages; the first of our Witham Tree Group planted trees to be uncaged by us. Cages and posts were removed, trees weeded and mulched. Given another few years and these trees will be making a significant contribution to the Witham Treescape.
Secondly the group went on to plan where we can plant the Witham Town Council funded and other trees for the next year. This had become somewhat delayed due to planning for the large planting in association with Braintree District Council in November. However various sites were identified and while we were standing discussing possible species for planting, a local resident and dog walker came up to us to say that they would really like some trees planted in the area, before knowing that we were indeed a tree planting group – always an encouraging sign!
The provisional sites for this season’s winter planting are on Braintree District land, so approval will now be sought from them before proceeding to the ordering and planning of the planting stages.
Pictures of these three impressive Black Poplars along the River Walk can be seen in the photo gallery.
Eric
October 2019
