Join us and learn how to care for your Hollingdean fruit and nut trees. This Sunday 7th September 2025, meet us at the Growing Hollingdean shed on the corner of Brentwood Road and Lynchet Close at 10am.

Tree Guardians pruning stone fruit trees in August 2025

Sarahjane and Polly led the Tree Guardians session on 3rd August 2025. Thank you to the seven volunteers who took part in the giggles… and pruning. We managed to get round about 20 trees on Stephens Road (tree numbers 204 to 217) and Horton Road (tree numbers 258 to 266). We were pruning stone fruit trees, taking off damaged branches and some light weeding. Plum tree 249 is huge, behind flats on Horton Road and was ladened with lovely plums. It’s lower branches were pruned to let more light in to the fruit. Some green plums were perfect for turning into yummy chutney. The volunteers enjoyed a free feast of plums, too, as they roamed the streets. We also found an intriguing wooden sculpture on 039 Apple Tree near the entrance to the Linkway. This made us all smile.

Learn to prune on YouTube

Learn how to prune stone fruit trees by watching our video. Please let us know which tree number you have pruned so we can add it to our list. With over 300 trees and a slow growing volunteer group we could do with all the help we can get.

How to weed around a fruit tree video

We remove grass and weeds from around the base of a tree, this helps the tree grow stronger without competition for nutrients and water. Tree’s are very important for cleaning our air, creating shade, sucking up excess water and providing us with free food. With only a few minutes gardening can give so much back to us.

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