Kennington Memorial Field - Saturday 25th January 2025
Blog by Eleanor, photos by Julio and Sally It was a lovely, sunny day, though frosty when we arrived at Kennington Memorial Field. This is chalk grassland, managed by Oxford Preservation Trust, and our task was to cut back scrub, mainly bramble and blackthorn which was encroaching on the grassland. Hannah from OPT had pointed out areas that she wanted us to tackle. Our task was somewhat limited by the fact that no less than four volunteers had called in sick that morning, meaning we had no scythers and nobody able to use a tree popper. However, there were still twelve of us so that made a good size workforce. We were pleased to welcome a new Green Gymmer, Jo, also Jeremy, who lives locally. Starting work Working on the bramble thicket Several people set to work on the bramble thicket, while Julio, Rhian, David and Jeremy tackled the thorny outliers, mostly blackthorn and hawthorn. David and Jeremy deal with an outlier Piles of cuttings Tackling a thorny bush Susan at work The thorny th...