Picking rhody plants at Hayfield on Sunday 11th October

 

A beautiful Autumn day greeted eleven volunteers at Hayfield.

We worked up the slopes above Park Hall (by Little Hayfield) hand-picking small rhododendron plants that were re-growing from seed.

This is the size of the plant we were picking

The larger plants will be hand-sprayed by the rangers.

We had to scatter quite a distance to find the seedlings, as work over the previous few years (by our group and others) has cleared rhododendron from most of the hillsides.

We enjoyed the sunshine and the chocolate spice cake.

Text by Mick.