December snow (2)

Another picture of the library garden in the snow.

December snow

Just a picture of the library garden in the snow....

Plan of apple varieties

Here is a rough plan of the library garden showing the twelve different apple varieties that were planted today. Ten of these were bought from the East of England Orchards project. These were specially chosen to be of local interest. Further details can be found on the website at http://www.applesandorchards.org.uk/. We have also planted one Crab apple and one Bramley apple so that we have a full range of different apple varieties. If you click on the plan on the right it will open in a new window so that you can read the different apple varieties.

More pictures of 5 December tree planting

Planting and staking trees on 5th December

Twelve apple trees planted

It was a perfect day for planting trees...the sun shone on us in the morning, the ground was soft and not too muddy, and then it rained late afternoon and evening. Thank you to everyone who came to help, and to Mary and Juliet for providing much needed hot drinks and biscuits! This is a picture of Mary Lachlan-Cope showing the group how deep to plant the trees.

Tree Planting 5th December

The tree planting for the Rock Road Library Book Garden is next Saturday 5th December. This will be from 10.30 to 12.30 and the aim is to actually plant the trees between 11am and 12 noon so that we can be part of the BBC attempt to break the record for planting the most trees across the country in an hour, as part of National Tree Week. Further details about this can be found at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/breathingplaces/treeoclock/

Native Hedge

We have planted a double row of native hedge plants on two sides of the Library garden to create a haven for wildlife and also to improve the security along the back fence. The plants are tiny at the moment (if you look at the picture you'll see what I mean!) but the soil has been well prepared and this is a great time of year to plant hedges and trees. The hedge will be a mixture of hawthorn, holly, and wild rose. Many thanks to Mike and Ann Hood from Green Man Landscapes who kindly donated all the hedge plants. Green Man Landscapes is a soft landscaping & domestic maintenance firm based at Whittlesford.