We spent the day working with Derek digging up reeds (glyceria and water burdock) from the riverbank nearest to the mansion house.
After we’d pulled the reeds we cleaned up the sandstone embankment by removing vegetation that had taken hold since the last clearance three years ago.
The group’s new chest waders kept those working in the river dry, but it was messy work and after we’d finished we had a dip in the fountain to clean ourselves up.
From the worksite we had good views of the arboretum and Derek pointed out the new sculptures that had been installed since our visit in March, e.g. Pocahontas, Dream Catcher and a baby elephant.
We ate Daniel’s chocolate cake for elevenses and had a Victoria sandwich courtesy of the tearoom for lunchtime pudding!
There were lots of passersby in the afternoon including a couple who volunteer at Styal/Hare Hill and who had had supper on Saturday night with one of our members!
Derek appeared on the BBC’s Gardener’s World last Friday with Carol Klein! If you didn’t see the episode it will be on the iPlayer for the next few days.
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