Friends of Park Wood Festival 2010
This years festival is on Saturday 11th September and will include a display by Havant Borough Tree Wardens. Admission is free and the event is for all the family. Activities include:
Face painting
Storytelling
Treasure Trail
Wood turning
About 30 organisations are confirmed as participants, including British Trust for Conservation Volunteers, Hampshire Wildlife Trust and The South Downs Group, Country Park Spinners, Slow Food Solent, The Sustainability Centre, The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and others.
See the Friends of Park Wood web site for more details.
Posted: August 12, 2010
Last updated: August 12, 2010
Tree Warden display at 2010 Hampshire Water Festival
Some photos of the Water Festival event at Staunton Park in July 2010:
Havant Borough Tree Warden display at the Water Festival
Stall included displays by BTCV, Friends of Park Wood and Brook Meadows
Posted: July 25, 2010
Last updated: July 25, 2010
Understanding Trees – Training Course
The Arboricultural Association is running a weekend training course in May, 2010 called ‘Understanding Trees’.
“This new course has been developed to help the general public
and those with a particular interest in trees, to raise awareness
of basic but essential elements of arboricultural understanding,
and to enable those with a natural interest in trees to further their
knowledge, both for their own benefit and also to help society at
large make better informed judgements on
tree-related matters.”
Date: 7-9 May 2010
Place: Preston Montford, Field Studies Centre, Shrewsbury. SY4 1DX.
Course Tutor: Julie Sadler
For further information and booking form, please go to
www.trees.org.uk/course.php
Posted: March 29, 2010
Last updated: March 29, 2010
Warblington Seed collection session to be on Radio 4
Jon Stokes and Havant Borough Tree Warden Jamie Brum were recorded with Pippa Greenwood for Radio 4, Gardners’ Question Time this month. They were collecting seeds at Warblington Churchyard helped by children from Mengham Junior school, Hayling Island.
The radio show will be broadcast on Friday 2nd October at 3pm and will be available on iPlayer.
Posted: September 22, 2009
Last updated: February 6, 2010
Talking Trees in Havant
Ann Jolly, a Havant Borough Tree Warden is doing a talk on 15 April about the nurturing of trees. The event is sponsored by Friends of the Earth.
Where and When: 15 April 7.30pm. Nineveh, 11 The Pallant, Havant.
Posted: April 14, 2009
Last updated: April 18, 2009