Welcome
to a quick summary of progress – hope to see you on
28th!
ANNUAL
TREE DAY SATURDAY 28 JUNE
at Kennaway House – free entry, open to all ages
at Kennaway House – free entry, open to all ages
| Programme: | |
|---|---|
| 09:30 | Twig and leaf identification: bring in a small piece of your plant for identification and growing advice from dendrologist, and former Curator at Westonbirt, the National Arboretum, Hugh Angus. Take part in silent auction |
| 10:00 | Jon Stokes, Tree Council “Making Trees Matter” How tree conservation has changed over the past 40 years and some of the issues we face for the next 40. |
| 11:00 | Dr Richard Jinks Forest Research, Centre for Sustainable Forestry and Climate Change. The importance of arboreta in the finding and introducing trees for forestry and landscape planting, Or “Finding trees for forestry and landscape for a changing climate” |
| 12:00 | Kevin Frediani, Bicton College, Head of Sustainable Land Use “trees and the view – informing the selection and placement of trees in the civic green space” |
| 14:00 | Hugh Angus guided walk around town. Tickets available from 10 June at Paragon Books, Sidmouth High Street. £7 to include garden visit and tea/cake by generous invitation of Littlecourt Cottages. Limited numbers. |
| 16:00 | Return to Kennaway House approx. 4 pm to pick up your auction successes! |
TREE
WALKS
The
weekend of September 28/29 is shaping up to be busy for tree lovers.
And coincides with Sidmouth Walking Festival.
And coincides with Sidmouth Walking Festival.
There
will be a tree hunt for families on October 12 as part of the Sidmouth Science
Festival.
TREE
TRAIL LEAFLETS
In
May we launched the Tree Trail leaflet for Sidbury which has been much in
demand.
The Sidmouth Tree Trail leaflet continues to be popular.
The Sidmouth Tree Trail leaflet continues to be popular.
A
Tree Trail leaflet for Salcombe Regis is in preparation and should be out by the
autumn.
A
legacy leaflet is in preparation.
iTree
– Tree survey
Under
the leadership of Kenton Rogers, a dedicated team of volunteers are undertaking
the iTree survey of 200 plots throughout the Sid Valley. We intend t complete
our work by leaf fall this year. It is fascinating to visit some out of the
way places, but hard work on steep slopes!
The results will
give us an understanding of the structure
of
the urban forest such as canopy cover, species importance rankings, available
planting space, species composition and age distribution. To know what we have
got, so as to guide our future plans.
PLANTING
PLANS
Michael Gordon-Lee and Richard Thurlow from our committee are drawing up plans for planting sites and suitable species.
Michael Gordon-Lee and Richard Thurlow from our committee are drawing up plans for planting sites and suitable species.
Hugh
Angus will recce some of these in September, and suggest what and
where.
comments/queries to info@sidmoutharboretum.org.uk
Sidmouth
Arboretum
Caring for
the trees of the Sid Valley
..
.
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