2011 Projects

Bedhampton

In March Mrs Fowles and some of her class at St Thomas More Catholic Primary School in Bedhampton, planted some trees provided by the Woodland Trust around the perimeter of the school grounds. Groundsman Rob Green and Mr Pete Spencer of the Bedhampton Volunteers, were on hand to provide technical backup.

Havant Borough Tree Warden for Bedhampton, Jim Graham, made an application for the trees last year and chose the 'Year-round colour' tree pack; this comprised of 105 'whips' made up of cherry, dogwood, hawthorn, hazel, rowan and silver birch.

Trees that were not used at the school were planted by the Bedhampton Volunteers around the village.

Waterlooville

Waterlooville trees Hampshire County Council planted three new trees along a path near Hambledon Road, one Oak and two Field Maples. Two of the trees were funded by Havant Borough Tree Wardens using money gained from the Waitrose Community Matters scheme.

The wardens applied to the scheme early in 2010 and later received a cheque for £500. The money also funded the Jubilee Park tree trail leaflet and an Oak tree at Hartplain Junior School.

Later in the year Hartplain Junior School applied for a fruit tree hedge via the Tree Council Hedgerow Harvest scheme. The hedge was planted in the school grounds and will provide an educational resource to the school as well as fruit for the school kitchen.

Waterlooville wardens were also involved in launching the borough favorite tree project and spoke at a government inspectors hearing, regarding some Oak trees undermining the foundations of two extensions.

Emsworth

In June, Jon Stokes conducted a hedgerow harvest walk in Emsworth, starting at Brookfield Hotel. This was followed by a 'bats and trees' walk and talk to Warblington.

Tree Wardens in Emsworth were praised for their involvement in discussions with council planners and arborcultural consultants, regarding the Hampshire Farm housing development. The developers Linden Homes are proposing to build over 200 homes on the site with a large Public Open Space along side. All the recommendations made by the tree wardens for the Public Open Space have been included in the development.

They include:

Planting 1 hectare of woodland
5 edible hedgerows
5 wildflower areas sown with different seeds
12 standard Oak trees
tree wardens to be consulted on the seed mixes and hedgerow composition
tree wardens to be involved in the management of the open space

The group has laid the foundation for similar consultations across Havant Borough.

Hayling Island

As part of The Tree Council's project – Hedgerow Harvest - volunteers from HIHS Growing Together Project led by their Chairman, Bill Biggs (tree warden), together with Ray Jones & Peter Burton came together with Local Councillors of Havant Borough Council led by Cllr. Yvonne Weeks, the immediate past mayor together with her husband Brian and supported by Cllrs. Victor Pierce Jones and Michael Wilson to plant 100m of fruiting hedge along Hayling College boundary commencing at on 29th November.
The hedgerow planting then moved onto Mengham Junior School, where Deputy Head teacher, Lee Jerromes had arranged support from members of staff, parents galore, including French families, governors and the whole student population of the school.

Stansted

In May 2009 a party of Rotarians and Emsworth Tree Wardens enjoyed a guided tour of the Stansted Estate arboretum conducted by head forester Michael Prior. At that time a joint donation was made to Stansted Estate for the cost of planting of a tree in the arboretum to commemorate the visit. The planting of the tree took place on Wednesday 23^rd February and was attended by President Trevor and a small group of Rotarians and Tree Wardens together with Michael Prior. The tree selected was a variegated sweet chestnut and the following entry was inscribed in the Book of Commemoration kept for public viewing in the Estate Mansion: -

The Rotary Club of Havant in conjunction with the Emsworth Tree Wardens are pleased to support the work of the Stansted Estate in the protection and development of our environment.

Havant

Tree wardens from across Havant Borough were actively involved in saving 4 trees from being felled in Havant.
As a result of various campaigns, Hampshire County Council withdrew an application to fell two Irish Yews and Havant Borough Council scrutiny board refered the plan to fell two trees outside the leisure centre back to the councils cabinet.

Havant Yews (The News)
Leisure Centre Trees (The News)