DEAN GREEN TEAM
Wildlife Conservation Group in the
Forest of Dean
Gloucestershire
DEAN GREEN TEAM
Wildlife Conservation Group in the
Forest of Dean
Gloucestershire
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The Cyril Hart Arboretum
The arboretum is named after local historian and forestry expert, Dr Cyril Hart. The collection started in 1910 and contains over 400 trees.
It is situated on the B4226 Coleford to Cinderford road close to the Speech House.
OS Grid Reference: SO624118
We have done a year of work at the Arboretum now (October) and have made real progress
To see the pictures from the first year - Click here
Volunteer Group Diary
1 March 2010
Oak Tree
This oak had been totally smothered by a large holly tree and when we removed that it showed this bole and ivy.
New fencing!
We had previously removed the old tatty fencing and contractors have been in to update the fences. This shows a Stone Pine which is now protected from the deer and the boar.
1 February 2010
The team continued with the general tidying up and removal of old fencing and had a promise that new fencing was on its way! The wild boar have been scavenging the grounds again. The day was quite cold and miserable!
4 January 2010
A bright sunny day prelude to the imminent snow showers to come even though there was still some snow lying from the previous weeks snowfall. It was really freezing though so we wanted to get going just to warm up! We soon had a good fire burning and continued cutting the lower and scraggly branches to tidy up the firs. The image below is of the Noble Fir trees (Abies procera)
7 December 2009
It was a terrible rainy day and we all got really soaked! But we carried on - our leader had the forethought to bring along some wet-weather matches so that we could light the fire which, at least, kept us warm. More bramble removal and small tree re-growth removal were our tasks. There were no people walking their dogs in this foul weather!
2 November 2009
We continued at the far end of the Arboretum to remove the rabbit fencing (as seen in the picture) and to tidy up around the trees. The tree on the left of the picture was also removed as it was badly squirrel damaged. The colours of the trees in the Arboretum are magnificent although there had been the first major storm of the season the day before this and this had blown many of the leaves away.
5 October 2009
This is the start of the second year of monthly outings to the Arboretum. We concentrated on the edge of the Arboretum where a small plantation of Tulip trees are. We removed quite a bit of old rabbit fencing now that the trees have matured sufficiently and we tidied up this area. The Forestry Commission van came to collect all the fencing and the poles.
