Sidmouth Arboretum: AGM: Tuesday 27th January

This coming Tuesday sees the AGM take place:



AGM - Tuesday 27 January 

A newsletter has gone out to all those on our mailing list with details of the AGM – to be held TUESDAY 27 JANUARY 6pm at the Leigh Browne Room in Old Dissenting Meeting Hall, opposite Tesco in central Sidmouth. 

Chris Woodruff, Manager of the East Devon AONB will give a short talk about the economic value of trees. 

Do come along to discuss future plans. 

Refreshments available! 

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Here are details from last year's AGM:
Sidmouth Arboretum - News

And this is from the latest newsletter:

PLANTING – 

Highlights of the year 2014 were the planting of beech and Scots pine at Keble’s Seat on Clinton Devon Estates land above Sidmouth. 

Stowford was planted up with small oaks and mixed shrubs – in collaboration with Rotary Sidmouth. 

And we cleared out dead and dying on Millford Road which is well frequented walking route into town along the river. And replanted of course, thanks to Woodland Trust FREE TREES. 

We take maintenance very seriously and hope to raise enough funds to continue sending a professional out from time to time to care for the trees we plant.

PLANTING 2015 – Greening the Ham car parks.

ITREE SURVEY - 

Enormous thanks to our small dedicated group of volunteers who trained and took on the 200 randomly selected plots to survey. This work was completed, and Jon and Penny Ball entered the data. Project leader Kenton Rogers has sent it all off to the U.S. Forestry Department for analysis. 

Results will be examined and a report published. 

Could not have been done without support from Sid Vale Association, Keith Owen Fund.

TREE TRAIL LEAFLETS – 

We now have leaflets for Sidmouth and Sidbury, with Salcombe Regis due out this spring (thanks to Awards 4 All). Most grateful to Sidmouth Garden Centre who will sponsor leaflet printing in 2015.

DIARY DATES The Arboretum is contributing to the following:

CLIMATE WEEK  2-8 March   

TREE DAY - FRIDAY 29 MAY - 

Sir Jonathon Porritt - his book ‘The World We Made’ is Alex McKay’s story from 2050 . It will form the theme for the day.

FOLK WEEK July 31-August 7

WALKING FESTIVAL September 13-17

SCIENCE FESTIVAL October 13-19 

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