Clearing non-native Arum Italicum for the conservation area by Parkside.
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Non-Native Plant Removal
Category: Conservation Blog
Blog of volunteer conservation activities in the park.
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Tree Guard Removal
The Deer in Wollaton Park are herbivores and eat most things. This includes tree saplings. When new trees are planted, they are often protected from the Deer by wire guards. As the trees mature, the guards need to be removed.
Over 100 self-set Hawthorns were transplanted from Digby Avenue into Formal Garden, to make a hedge to keep the deer out.
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Chestnut Fencing Repairs
On Saturday 19th November, 10 hardy volunteers repaired large sections of chestnut fencing in the Cambridge Road field. Also hundreds of daffodils were planted around the memorial benches ready for spring.
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Daffodil Planting
In 2021/2022 over 5000 daffodils were planted in the park.
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Chestnut Fencing
This Saturday’s volunteering task was to repair the chestnut fencing in the field by Cambridge road.
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Wood Carving Preservation
Painting the wood carvings with preservatives.
Thanks to our new “weekend” Volunteer crew who turned up today and helped remove and cut back the small self-set trees by the lake. A lot of conservation / environmental management is destructive but these little ones in the long term would impact the boggy edge habitat so it’s important they are removed.
During the dry summer of 2022, the lake level dropped in the dry weather making it easy to access the edges and clear debris.