WORKING PARTY REPORT AND PHOTOS: 3RD JULY 2025

FOGG working party member John Hopkins gives an account of what he and colleagues got up to this Thursday morning:

Four happy Foggers yesterday.

Watering and tidying  the order of the day. We will bring rakes and brooms next week to continue on that theme before our inspection the following week.

A lady walking through commented on how she remembered the curtain of brambles encircling and stifling the group of three tree ferns and climbing and taking over the adjacent tall trees. She was so grateful that we have created such a lovely area there now with the thriving tree ferns and all the donated planting. Always really nice to hear.

And here’s what the lovely tree ferns looked like after the brambles were removed:

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photo: EDDC horticultural officer Paul Fealey

“Managing for nature” along the Glen – Friends of Glen Goyle

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