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Tree Guardians next meet up is Sunday 6th October 2024, 10am at Lynchet Close shed – everyone welcome!

4th Oct 2024
Growing Hollingdean Walnut Tree 245 Horton Road-Tree Map September 2024

Tree Guardians last met at Horton Road in September 2024

On Sunday 1st September 2024, Growing Hollingdean Tree Guardian volunteers saved a young walnut tree number 245 from being overtaken by bind weed. It lives at the back of Horton Road flats where cardboard was laid round the base and mulch added on top, giving this tree a better chance and take advantage of moisture and nutrients.

Walnuts on Tree 045 Growing Hollingdean Tree Map 2024

Walnuts

Walnut trees can be pruned from mid June to late September, giving air and light to walnuts ripening between September and December. If you would like to see a full grown walnut tree check out the two large beauties near the shops on The Crestway, number 044 and 045. If you are lucky the local squirrel may have left some walnuts for you.

Growing Hollingdean Tree Map

See our tree map for your nearest fruit or nut tree click here. Join us for a walk round, all abilities welcome.

Tree Guardian Volunteers Wanted

Everyone welcome to join us for two hours of light shovelling, weeding, walking, pruning or just for a chat. Get out and feel good this Autumn in your local area, we are so lucky to have green spaces around us. See what Thrive say here…. “Spending time in nature can be good for our health and wellbeing. You don’t need a garden of your own to benefit. A simple planter or time in a park can still work wonders.”

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Tree Guardians on Davey Drive bank mulched four cherry plum trees

17th Feb 2024
Tree Guardians on Davey Drive bank mulching cherry plum trees, February 2024. A wonderful area for insect and manuals to hibernate and feed.
011 & 012 Cherry Plum Tree mulched

Growing Hollingdean volunteers spent a couple of hours clearing the ivy and weeds away from the base of four cherry plum (Prunus cerasifera) trees. Then they laid cardboard down and covered it in a thick wood chip mulch. This bank is very steep, the volunteers managed to fill a bag of thrown beer cans from amongst the vegetation.

Tree Guardians on Davey Drive bank mulching cherry plum trees, February 2024. A wonderful area for insect and manuals to hibernate and feed.
Tree Guardians on Davey Drive bank mulching cherry plum trees, February 2024. A wonderful area for insect and manuals to hibernate and feed.
Tree Guardians on Davey Drive bank mulching cherry plum trees, February 2024. A wonderful area for insect and manuals to hibernate and feed.

This is a wonderful area for insect and manuals to hibernate and feed

The Davey Drive bank is a very good area for the slow worms, they bask in the sunshine to warm up on this south facing bank. Frogs have also been seen here and in the gardens above. Please take time to look next time your passing.

Weeds, wild flowers and blossom are important to our insects

This area may look messy to our eyes but there will be bee’s, bugs and butterflies hibernating in the undergrowth. Such as the common blue butterfly which overwinters in larval form. The caterpillars will emerge in spring, feeding from the wild flowers beds here. The humming bird hawk moths are also seen in the summer on Davey Drive’s wild flowers and weeds.

We are lucky to have such beautiful nature on our door steps.

Come and join us for our next tree guardian volunteer session. Email us through our contact page here to let us know your coming.

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