Author Archives: Liz

Tuesday 6th: Scoping Roudsea for trees on Kew’s list, and watering Dog Kennel Wood. Tuesday 13th: More watering in DKW, plus tackling the overgrown paths. Tuesday 20th: Visit to Lorton to pull Himalayan Balsam, and gardening at DKW. Tuesday 27th: … Continue reading →

Tuesday 2nd: Looking for Wych Elm and Aspen in flower for the Millennium Seed Bank. Tuesday 9th: Maintenence work in Dog Kennel Wood Tuesday 16th: Tree care at Bird’s Park; restaking and counting the saplings. Tuesday 23rd: Second day at … Continue reading →

Tuesday 4th: Making the woodland Maze more secure for the Easter holidays, and tidying up the tree beds in the nursery. Tuesday 11th: Final attack on the brambles in DKW, before the undergrowth takes off. Tuesday 18th: Final sculpture to go … Continue reading →

Tuesday 7th: Continue replanting trees round DKW and environs, and replace O for Owl in Serpentine Wood. Tuesday 14th: Drill out a base for P for Peep-po and plant more of the big oak saplings. Tuesday 21st: Try to get … Continue reading →

Tuesday 7th: Hedge planting at Haybridge Nature Reserve, Rusland Valley. See Liz H for details. Tuesday 14th: Dig up the rest of the big oak trees from the tree nursery beds. Tuesday 21st: General tidying up and repair round DKW. … Continue reading →

Tuesday 3rd: Spring clean! Sort out the tool shed and the classroom for the New Year. Tuesday 10th: Tidying up round Dog Kennel Wood. Tuesday 17th: Time to move some of the larger oak saplings to a new home. Tuesday … Continue reading →

Tuesday 6th: KCV Christmas Walk and lunch at Wilf’s cafe in Staveley. Meet at DKW at 9am. Tuesday 13th: Repair work on the Alphabet Trail sculptures and tidying up DKW. Tuesday 21st: Restore the newly-repaired Centipede and Kite to Serpentine … Continue reading →

Tuesday 1st: Last attempt to track down seeds for Kew this year. Also seed sorting for Kendal Fell and reorganising the nursery tree beds. Tuesday 8th: Continue reorganising nursery tree beds and scrub clearance / walling at DKW. Tuesday 15th: … Continue reading →

Tuesday 4th: More raking on Kendal Fell to improve the habitat for wild flowers. Tuesday 11th: The third dry stone walling training session up on Kendal Fell. Tuesday 18th: Tidying up fallen trees on Kendal Fell and sorting out the … Continue reading →

Tuesday 6th: Continuing with the hunt for small-leaved lime and barberry for Kew, and tidying up DKW. Tuesday 13th: We now have permission to pick from the National Trust, so back to check on the barberry and small-leaved lime. And … Continue reading →