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February 2020
News By Sara Messenger of the Three Brooks Nature Conservation Group ur annual hedgelaying went well with us running out of hard hats for the first time. However, this year, we did manage to lay 38 paces of new hedgeline reaching as far as the gate onto Bradley Stoke Way. Not all of last year’s hedge is thriving, so we have also planted a few more hedging trees alongside the thinner patches. We were delighted to welcome a few new volunteers, the youngest, being 5, considerably reduced the average age of our volunteers! Although we thought it best not to let her loose with a bill hook, Tiegan, along with her dad proved very capable at dead hedging and before they headed off for lunch, Tiegan planted also two hazel trees for us too. Green Gym had cleared the hedging area for the Saturday group, but this year we also went back to finish the planting and do a little hedgelaying of our own.
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Not that we’re boasting, but over two weeks we managed 68 paces! Much of this was re-establishing an old hedgeline but was, we think, still pretty good going! Planting seems to have been Green Gym’s theme recently; we have also re-established the hedgeline along the school path (near the skate park) and created
another down by the nowrepaired bridge. We have planted another 60+ rowans around the ‘new’ orchard to supplement the
ones bought by Bradley Stoke Town Council and have also put in two walnuts donated by local residents. The Edgely family have
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