Tree Planting in Hope Wood

Tree planting at Hope Wood continues apace.  If you’d like to be involved, please see the information below from ParkLife – the organisation contracted by South Hams District Council to arrange the tree planting sessions:

Join our Planting Days. Turn up on Friday or Saturday mornings from 10.00 onwards starting on Friday 31 January and Saturday 1 February. Please just turn up with wellies, waterproofs, spades, lump hammer, snacks and a warm drink. We’ll signpost the wood from Palstone Park Recreation Ground (where you need to leave any cars) if you haven’t been before. These planting days will run through until the end of March (unless we’ve planted it all by then).

With your help we’ll be doing two things by the end of March:

1. Planting the rest of the trees and shrubs – a mix of native trees (such as alder, aspen, birch, rowan, cherry and willow) and a range of native shrubs (including hazel, blackthorn, elder, hawthorn and spindle). These will be mixed between the oak circles that we planted on the 4th January.
2. Putting wool mulch mats around the trees and shrubs to limit grass growth and give them the best chance of establishing well.