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National Tree Week 2019 – Day 1: First, select your tree
National Tree Week (#NationalTreeWeek – marking the start of the UK winter tree planting season) takes place from today, 23rd Nov to 1st Dec this year and the Tree Council are encouraging us all to become #TreeChampions. In practical terms … Continue reading
Posted in The home garden, Trees
Tagged #FibonacciDay, #NationalTreeWeek, #TreeChampion, @TheTreeCouncil, Gardening, Sweet Chestnuts, tree planting
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It’s National Tree Week – Let’s celebrate!
National Tree Week (a UK festival) was introduced in 1975 and is a celebration of all things ‘Tree’. It coincides with the beginning of the winter planting season and here is the promotion poster for this year. As a long-term … Continue reading
Posted in Trees, Winter
Tagged #NationalTreeWeek, Balance, Gardening, Henry Bunner, Horticulture, Oaks, Poetry, tree planting
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Watching the trees grow … from open field to mixed woodland
At the edge of Haslingfield, next to the river Rhee, a new wood is growing. It was begun two years ago and is one of the 60 ‘Diamond Jubilee’ woods planted as part of a Woodland Trust’s project celebrating the … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Trees
Tagged Diamond Jubilee, Haslingfield, Queen, tree planting, Woodland, Woodland Trust
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