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Thanks to everyone who came along to the Stone Hill Pond on Saturday morning, braving the pouring rain !

We sheltered for a while in Chris Gossops garage looking out and then it eased off and we got started.

Three of us were in the pond clearing out fallen leaves and branches to help maintain the ponds depth, whilst others were on the bank spreading out the rotten leaves to mulch down on the banks. One of the trees had fallen down which Ian and Chris were able to reduce in size and move out the way to maintain views of the pond. The ditch opposite the pond was also cleared and paths were swept, so despite a very dubious start to the day we achieved quite a lot.

Pond before we started

Work in progress

Well deserved coffee break

Completed project with view of the pond opened up by Chris and Iain removing the fallen tree

We had a great morning working on the Bluebell Circuit.

Finished off preparing the ground for new planting in the wild garden area and repairing the log path between the green ride and Milesmere.
Mike was also out collecting litter again, unfortunately a never ending task in Two Mile Ash !

We had a very productive first session of the year and a fantastic turn out with 17 of us !

Working along the Ash Brook Corridor we split into two groups, Barrys working between the High Street to Clay Hill and Steve’s working between Clay Hill and Downland.

We cleared around all the trees we have previously planted, cut back a dead tree next to the bridge, removed several broken tree branches, tidied up the “Magic Garden” and collected a huge amount of rubbish. Thanks to Rex Exon for arranging the rubbish collection with the council.

Brian at the entrance to the Magic Garden                Mike and Rex hard at work !

Before – the dead tree by the bridge                             After – now it’s been cleared

17 of us getting a well earned cuppa                     Mike clearing out the gulley

Area surrounding the trees cleared                       Huge amount of rubbish collected

Thanks to all who came along to the Community Tree Planting on Saturday. We had a great time working with Community Trees MK for the first time, planted over 400 trees from 19 different native UK  species, to enhance biodiversity. They have quite a following of their own but there were some local volunteers from TMA and some new interest to work with TMAEG