 The Swan Barn Wassail was well attended with about 200 people present. A big thank you to: The National Trust for the location, a marquee, torches and Dave who lead us through the event; To the cooks spending the morning making stew; Misty Moon for help making mulled cider; Alan and Yvonne on the bar, Monique and Vicky dishing the stew; Entertainment provided by XR Drummers; special thanks to musicians Ed Brooks leading the Wassail at Ole Man Apple, Aine and Claire singing to the tree, to Ed, Ren, Mio, Tamara, Lyla and friends for providing music after the Wassail!
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In mid-January we helped Peter Clarke finish off a mini-dead-hedge next to a footpath to protect a small orchard-space adjacent St. Bartholomew’s Church, Haslemere, created by The Den youth group. Later in the week the Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Trust (ARC) and COPSE assisted Puttenham Parish. We removed dogwood scrub and brash piles at Puttenham Common Orchard to make room for a fruit-planting in February and we finished-off a new pond near to the orchard-space. The ARC Trust conducted pond maintenance and tree safety works to School Lane Pond, an historic great crested newt breeding site next to Puttenham School.
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CategoriesAuthorsGareth is an ecologist interested in conserving traditional orchards and heritage fruit, for people and wildlife. 
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