Lots happening in February! We spent most of this month’s sessions in Northbrook Park, near Grove Park station, working both within the park’s new wetland area and just across the boundary on Network Rail’s land to improve the wet woodland and the park’s stream of water that flows into it. The image below shows the channel from the second pond in the stream being widened and graded to allow the flowing water to spread out into the woodland (where the photo was taken).
On the park’s side of the fence we have been processing the limbs and branches of a few trees that have come down in recent high winds and working with local schools to help plant up the pond and the banks.
We then ventured further south into the borough to Chinbrook Meadows, where we have to keep on top of teh growth of the willows along the stretch of river (and overhanging the paths and boardwalks). In addition to dead hedges, woven fences we’ve also created some hexagonal and pentagonal dead wood piles to allow the sneadings to be kept on site in a neat but still great for wildlife purpose! These worked really well, so look out for them in other parks across the borough soon.
Rivers and People 