The Elizabeth Daryush Memorial Garden, 28th September 2019
This Saturday we were at Elizabeth
Daryush Memorial Garden on Boars Hill. This piece of land was part of a private
garden donated to Oxford Preservation Trust and consists of rough, sloping
grassland bordered by trees and a large pond. We were pleased to meet Lyndsay
Priddle, who has just started working for the O.P.T.
Our tasks were to cut back bramble around
the edge of the site and slash down bracken so the spring bulbs under the trees
could come through.
At first it looked as though there wasn’t
much bramble, but on closer inspection we saw that there was a large tangle
among a clump of trees and a lot of low growing plants threatening to invade
the grassland. A hopeful robin kept us company from a nearby branch and a flock
of long tailed tits arrived on a larger tree.
We had our tea break under a sweet
chestnut tree by the pond, where there is a convenient bench. The chestnuts
were disappointingly small. I think the climate here is not warm enough to
produce large fruits.
There was still a lot to do, but we did our best to remove as much
bracken and bramble as possible. We look forward to coming back again in the
Spring.
-EleanorPhotos by Margaret:
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