Changing of the guard

4 Goodgymers helped their local community in York
Lyndsey Hay
Paul Cawood
Mitch
York

Saturday 11th May

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Four of us went along on a sunny Saturday to help Treemendous check on the saplings up at Kimberlow Hill.

This involved taking a peek inside each tree guard to see whether its occupant was still alive, then pulling out any weeds, replacing the guard and straightening the stake if necessary. It turns out that tree guards make ideal vertical ant nests - so quite a few of our trees were sharing their living quarters with these high-rise apartm-ants! However, the trees took priority, meaning we had to knock down the nests to make sure the growing tree trunks weren't smothered.


This task supported
Treemendous York Partnership
To protect, care for and plant trees in the York area

Volunteers working with stakeholders advising and supporting tree planting and maintenance in the York area.

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