The Arboretum have been busy - and have a few other things in the offing:
Sidmouth Arboretum Summer Newsletter 2018Welcome to the summer 2018 newsletter from Sidmouth Arboretum which we hope will keep you informed of our activities and events in the Sid Valley.
We saw some of you at the events we hosted in Tree Week in April at which we received several new requests to subscribe to the newsletter.
Waitrose
In July we are one of the nominated charities at Waitrose so if you shop there please make sure to add the green token in the Arboretum slot. We can raise up to £1000 this way with your help.
Tree week April 16th -April 21st
The tree week was very successful and we are already planning another for 2019 based on the same walk and talk format. However we are going to move the week back to May to allow a bit more leaf and blossom to come out. We did not anticipate the lateness of spring, although everything seems to growing very fast now.
The latest Woodland Trust magazine “Broadleaf” features an article by one of our speakers, Jill Butler, selecting her favourite ancient oak trees. Unfortunately none of them are within easy reach of Sidmouth the nearest being in Sussex.
Walks Leaflets
Remember that the walks leaflets are available from the tourist information centre so you can follow the walks we did in tree week if you missed them then.
Schools Activities
This spring we have completed two tree identification days for schools.
The first was for St Johns school in Sidmouth at Sidholme hotel for 30 pupils, using the same format as last year for the primary school.
The second, as part the Science Technology Engineering and Maths (STEM) week at Newton Poppleford school, a day for the whole school in their own grounds. It is very rewarding to be able get the message to the next generation about how important and interesting trees are.
Sidmouth Tree Celebration evening 30th November
We are working on speakers and stalls for Friday 30th November 2018 at Kennaway house so please get this date in your diary.
Planting and Maintenance
Our trees are regularly checked to ensure they are securely staked and where required stakes have been replaced with new ones. If you would like to help check and maintain the trees then please contact us.
N.B. Please support us at Waitrose if you are able to.
Sidmoutharboretum.gov.uk
Jon Ball jball25410@hotmail.com
Jill Gray jillgray22@gmail.com
Diana East info@sidmoutharboretum.org.uk
Tree week April 16th -April 21st
The tree week was very successful and we are already planning another for 2019 based on the same walk and talk format. However we are going to move the week back to May to allow a bit more leaf and blossom to come out. We did not anticipate the lateness of spring, although everything seems to growing very fast now.
The latest Woodland Trust magazine “Broadleaf” features an article by one of our speakers, Jill Butler, selecting her favourite ancient oak trees. Unfortunately none of them are within easy reach of Sidmouth the nearest being in Sussex.
Walks Leaflets
Remember that the walks leaflets are available from the tourist information centre so you can follow the walks we did in tree week if you missed them then.
Schools Activities
This spring we have completed two tree identification days for schools.
The first was for St Johns school in Sidmouth at Sidholme hotel for 30 pupils, using the same format as last year for the primary school.
The second, as part the Science Technology Engineering and Maths (STEM) week at Newton Poppleford school, a day for the whole school in their own grounds. It is very rewarding to be able get the message to the next generation about how important and interesting trees are.
Sidmouth Tree Celebration evening 30th November
We are working on speakers and stalls for Friday 30th November 2018 at Kennaway house so please get this date in your diary.
Planting and Maintenance
Our trees are regularly checked to ensure they are securely staked and where required stakes have been replaced with new ones. If you would like to help check and maintain the trees then please contact us.
N.B. Please support us at Waitrose if you are able to.
Sidmoutharboretum.gov.ukJon Ball jball25410@hotmail.com
Jill Gray jillgray22@gmail.com
Diana East info@sidmoutharboretum.org.uk
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