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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Work on Trees

Here is an update we have received from the Rangers (thanks Lydia) regarding work due to begin on 5th March:
"Tree work will begin in the park on Monday 5 March as a part of the Heritage Lottery Funded programme. It is expected that 25 trees, many of which are dead, dying or dangerous will be removed over a period of 5 weeks, weather permitting. In addition, 27 trees will be pruned during March and there will be further arboriculture work in 2013."

If you are worried (as I was initially!) about the new work being mainly about felling trees, we are also told:
"...there will be 11 new lime trees and 33 new hornbeams forming an avenue in the north end of the park. In the southern end there will be 15 different types of maple going in so we will hopefully be enhancing the species of trees."

After a few setbacks, we look forward to seeing all the planned improvements in Priory Park implemented.

Don't forget the half-term activities which are now in progress, including the bird box building 1t 11:00am on Saturday 18 February.

There are a number of regular activities now in the Park, including a weekly walking group who meet up on Wednesdays (theoretically from !0:00 - 11:00, but many start a bit earlier) and a walk with a park ranger on the first Sunday of every month, at 10:00am.