Donations, a canoe and another lockdown!!
Garden work continues at Chalk Farm Hotel. This month we have been working on the outside of the hotel and tidying up old shrubs and trees. So we began, by chopping and removing old plants. All of our green waste is being chopped as much as possible before we add it to our compost heaps on the allotment. This area of the hotel is busy with people on walks and visiting the garden centre, we received so many compliments of the good work we are doing. The area was a mess of old brambles, a fallen tree and ivy. What a difference already, it is nice to see the old brick wall, which shows character and history to the building. Plants on the move!!! We removed Eurynomos plants from another part of the garden and filled in some of our bare space. The students learnt that the horticultural name for this is called 'Transplanting' . The shrubs were put into tubs of water for a day so they could absorb water to their roots before planting. Always the exciting bit, adding a p