Originally posted on 12 March 2016, updated on 13 June 2016 and February 2025. With thanks to Brian Hopkins, our tree warden. All tree photos are by the author unless otherwise stated.
Tag: Green agenda
The Brewery Field update (Feb 2016)
Following a very successful public meeting at the end of 2015, the three RAs who would benefit most from the use of The Brewery (Henty) Field formed a steering committee to launch a Friends’ group at the request of the City Council. The City and County Councils had made it clear that if this resource was not used sufficiently then it would be taken back by the County Council and perhaps built upon.
Our Mature Trees in 2015
How were our mature trees doing in 2015? A planning application had been made by the County Council to re-pollard the last remaining mature Horse Chestnut on the corner of Parklands Road and Westgate. This was no more than good maintenance, but the description in the application that this tree was now ‘over-mature’ and ‘in decline’ should perhaps have given us pause for thought. This was a really important tree on our street – as indeed is that whole patch of wild grass – and many residents continue to miss its former companions.