Help out and get to know your local park and its trees! We will be adding more trees to the millfields community woodland in the previously fenced off area behind the Sub Station, creating a native woodland and a willow coppice. Species we will be planting are Wild cherry, Crab apple, Hazel, Hornbeam, Alder, Elder, Spindle, Hawthorn, Beech, Oak, Willow and Elm.

Meet at 10am by Millfields Community Orchard (between the Substation and the River Lea).

• What3words: ///farm.cubes.hurt

• Google maps: https://goo.gl/maps/3kcX97eKB6K6jGEr9

No experience necessary! All tools and equipment provided, bring refreshments and gloves. We will be working outside so please wear suitable clothing and footwear for the weather.

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Help out and get to know your local park and its trees! We will be planting 9 trees including Greengage, Alder, Blackthorn, Chinese juniper, Oak and Black pine.

Meet at 10am at the south-side of the basketball courts, west of the pavilion.

• Google maps: https://goo.gl/maps/5mXYuu7x4gUryUfg8

• What3words: ///packet.stump.shaped

No experience necessary! All tools and equipment provided. We will be working outside so please wear suitable clothing and footwear for the weather.

Book your free place via Eventbrite.

This session is for anyone who would like a refresher or to learn how to plant a tree. We will go through the process of tree planting for anyone who wants to help supervise on one of our planting events this winter.

We are planting one large tree to replace one that died in the marshes orchard. We will also do some orchard maintenance on the trees planted two years ago and plant some small trees in the woodland belt by the river Lea.

The whole session will be outside so bring appropriate clothing and lunch.

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Free and welcome to all community gardeners.

This is an invitation to bring tools that need mending or sharpening from your community garden project in Hackney. Be it a wheelbarrow that needs a patch welded or sheers that needs sharpening. The day will be run by a female blacksmith/ metalworker and a carpenter who are both passionate gardeners and about green community projects.

The idea is to mend and repair to save money and environmental resources of buying new. It is also to meet other community gardeners, learn new skills and empower ANYONE who wants to take part. Everyone welcome in a non-judgemental space.

SCHEDULE:

Morning session (10am - 12pm) - Demos and Q&A followed by refreshments

The first part of the day will be demonstrations on blade sharpening, re-handling, changing tyres on wheelbarrows and using a drill with general Q&A’s. Followed by refreshments.

Afternoon session (1pm- 3pm) - Fix the tools you have brought along

The second part of the day we will be helping you to mend the tools you bring.

Feel free to stay all day or just come to the first part of the day.

If you would like to attend, please sign up on Eventbrite to book your space.

We will then send out a quick questionnaire so we can make sure we have everything you need and to find out which demos would be most useful to people.

Tea, coffee and biscuits provided. Bring lunch to enjoy in the nursery.

Full programme will be available in early September.

Join us for a fun day jam-packed with talks, workshops, nursery tours, plant and tree sales, children’s’ activities, food and more! Celebrate the end of the summer and enjoy the nursery and orchard before the days get colder and nature sets in for winter. Our apple trees are full with fruit and the jays are busy storing acorns.

Open from 11am until 4pm, find us at Hackney Community Tree Nursery, Homerton road, E9 5PF

Entrance is opposite the Hackney Marshes Centre building - try out What3Words for a specific location: what3words.com/clay.save.claims

The Tree Musketeers AGM will be held on Saturday 3 September at the Tree Nursery (or the Hackney Marshes Centre opposite depending on the weather) at 13.30 for a 14.15 start.

Come along to hear about what has been achieved and our plans for the future. If you are interested in standing as a trustee, please let us know by Friday 19 August (trees@treemusketeers.co.uk) and we can tell you what’s involved. You will be invited to provide some details of what skills, interest and/or experience you can bring and you will need two nominations. Voting will be by secret ballot.

Join the Tree Musketeers on a guided walk around Springfield Park and learn about our wonderful trees!

Click here for more information and to claim your free tickets!

For more information on other events at Springfield Park, visit their Eventbrite page.

We ask that you exercise caution to reduce the risk of spreading Covid 19. Do not attend if you have any symptoms associated with Covid 19. Please sanitise your hands before and after attending, and maintain appropriate distance during the activity.