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At the end of January start of February, we had a Puttenham Orchard double-header task. On 30th January HALOW and Surrey Hills helped COPSE and Puttenham Parish to plant a final row of six fruit trees to complete the orchard planting for Jubilee Field Orchard, supporting a total of 17 fruit-trees. The following week on 4th February the Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Trust Tuesday-team helped with clearance of bramble-scrub from around the newly created Hog’s-Back Pond as well as removing dogwood saplings and huge piles of ash dieback deadwood from the chalk-downland and the annual vegetation clearance at School Pond. 
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Another busy Wassail with over 200 people attending. Thanks National Trust for the location, marquee, torches and Dave who lead the event; The cooks for making stew, with veg supplied by Co-op; Misty Moon for the mulled cider; The people on the bar, dishing stew and handing-out torches; More than 50 volunteers, including Fern who made beautiful signs and Christian our Town Crier; Special thanks to musicians Ed for leading the Wassail, to Burning Glass, Ren, Mio, Tamara, Lyla, Heather, XR drummers, the Medieval musicians lead by Will and sound-system wizard Basil … thanks all for making a fantastic Wassail! Our last event of 2024 was to assist Surrey County Council with planting 20 fruit trees within The Bothy, Norbury Park, just south of Leatherhead. COPSE assisted with the planting and gathered information from attendees, on how they would like the space to be utilised. Located within a walled garden setting, there appears to be a lot of user groups nearby and within Mickleham Parish, who we hope can make the most of the orchard space. See our feedback below from attendees.
Earlier in the month Haslemere Tree Wardens helped plant some SCC fruit trees at St. Alban’s Church, Hindhead. |
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CategoriesAuthorsGareth is an ecologist interested in conserving traditional orchards and heritage fruit, for people and wildlife. 
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