Hedging our bets

10 Goodgymers helped their local community in Hackney
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Sunday 8th March 2020

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On a Sunday morning, with definitely a little bit of spring in the air, a group of 10 GoodGymers headed up to Stoke Newington Common. With Stoke Newington Common Users Group and our friends at Tree Musketeers we'd be helping with a spot of hedge construction.

We started with a detailed briefing, that taught us the benefits of hedges having different levels (fewer things getting shaded out), the creatures that would benefit (foxes, slow worms and - ideally - hedgehogs) and the value of the adjoining railway sidings as a nature corridor.

Then it was straight to the job, using an array of secateurs, loppers and saws to cut back the trees and shrubs that made up the hedge, and using the cuttings to build up a dead hedge.

After an hour and a half we'd made a very visible impression on the hedge, helping improve biodiversity in this little corner of Hackney.


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Stoke Newington Common Users Group
We look after Stoke Newingotn Common environmentally, plant treees, hedges, etc; run community events and have resuced & greened some local derelict spaceslocal de

Help with environemal activities. This might vary from time to time. An initial task is to regularly water new plants at Stoke Newington sown at overground station and Rectory Rd station.

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John Shirley

Mon 9th Mar 2020 at 10:41am

not just sidings, there were trains speeding by!

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