Putting Poppy, the poplar, to bed
6 GoodGymers made their way to help the Tree musketeers in Hackney.
- Saturday, 8th of February 2020
- Led by Peter Van Tongeren
A crack team of GG'ers (some coming straight from Finsbury Parkrun) assembled in Clissold Park to join lots of other volunteers to plant more trees with our friends from the Tree Musketeers.
After Russels intro about all things trees the positions for the trees were marked out and people set to work. Unless anybody got scientific evidence to the contrary, Russels theory on square holes over round ones holds up - so a square hole was dug, through grass & soil & rubble. Sophia turned out quite eager to smash up some rubble with a metal breaker bar especially brought down for that reason.
With a few tips from the TM team in between, the now 'Poppy' christened black poplar soon had a comfortable spot, a protective cage raised to help it withstand weather and wildlife. Note: i had no involvement with the pole going into the ground!
After two last trees were dealt with as well, all tools were (hopefully) safely tucked away to ride out storm Ciara tomorrow before being returned to the nursery.
Total tally of trees planted across 6 Hackney parks since November now stands at 104 (all grown in the nursery)- Goodgym has lend a helping hand with quite a few of those! Keep an eye out for more tree fun with the Musketeers, there is bound to be some more planting happening soon, if not there is always something to do at the Nursery on the Marshes.
Report written by Peter Van Tongeren
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