Propagating Coastal Redwood hardwood cuttings at the tree nursery today.

Amazing example of beetle galleries on Leyandii branch

Come along and learn how to prune and care for apple and pear trees in winter. This Saturday and Sunday in South Millfields community orchard behind the electricity sub-station. eventbrite.co.uk/e/community-or…

Fantastic day with students from ELATT planting former street trees, which had been damaged, on Hackney Marsh Mayor of Hackney Hackney Council

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Join us tomorrow for our “Last Saturday” session at the Community Tree Nursery on the SE corner of Hackney Marshes. 10.00-15.00. We’ll be learning about forest gardening, looking at what’s been planted, and doing some maintenance work.

So, we’ve been clearing rubble off our site since 8.00 with the help of fabulous volunteers from John F Hunt Group and Mace who have worked solidly. Now half way through… deadline is 15.00!

We finished! Rubble completely cleared thanks to a monster skip and volunteers from John F Hunt Group and volunteers from Mace. Even more space for trees!

Today we worked with a fantastic group of young neurodiverse students from Mossbourne Academy mulching London Planes, an Oak and Chestnuts. They were amazed to learn we have now planted nearly 300 trees in this Park since the early 2000s - all down to enthusiastic volunteers

Brimstone butterfly, gonepteryx rhamni….It is one of the first butterflies to appear in Spring with a life span of 10-11 months. Adults overwinter (hibernate) and it’s the longest lived of all our indigenous butterflies. Several around the composting bin at the TN yesterday.

The Hackney Community Tree Nursery Open Day is on Sunday 26 May 11.00-16.30. Tours and talks all day. This one is at 14.00 is on the history and many uses of Japanese Knotweed.

These trees are like a horror story… the caterpillars of the Spindle Ermine Moth hanging in a ghostly silken web covering our spindle trees at the tree nursery. They’ve completely stripped the leaves… the trees will recover but year on year the tree will weaken and likely die.

It’s our Tree Nurse Open Day on Sunday. Come and experience this beautiful space, join a tour, or sit under a tree with tea & cake. We’re opposite the Hackney Marshes Centre, E9. 5PF. 11.00-16.30. Mayor of Hackney Sustainable Hackney Millfields UserGroup Gerry Tissier Save Lea Marshes 🍃💚🍃

Looking forward to our Open Day at the tree nursery… finishing touches yesterday as we put up the signs…

Bagpipe band at the tree nursery Open Day this morning….

Positive update on the Spindle trees (euonymus europacus) after they were denuded of leaves by the Spindle Ermine Moths (Yponomeuta cagnagella) last month.

We’re in the midst of a heatwave, please give your nearest NEW street tree a drink 🌳💧💚 Extra watering from caring local residents can make all the difference to how well a tree develops, and sometimes whether it survives. 👉Spread the word #WateringWednesday 💧💧🌳🌳