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A long winding road to Edible Forest

2 Goodgymers helped their local community in Kingston upon Thames

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Thursday 20th August 2020

Report written by Jane Yelloly

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This weeks report title is in honour of our friend Neil from Bexley group who ran all the way from that side of town. A long winding road doesn’t even do it justice - 18 miles to get to the Edible Forest.

Then a bit more leg work scaling ladders high into the heady heights of plum trees to cut off all the dead wood to let more light in for future growth.

We also chopped a useless cherry tree down that was about to fall across the gangway.

Congrats Neil and we hope you enjoyed your train ride home with some forest fruit to graze on. And are not to ‘saw’ tomorrow.

Thanks to Ben and Brian for hosting us. See you in 2 weeks.

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Jane Yelloly

Kingston upon Thames

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Kingston Edible Forest Garden

A vounteer run sustainable community orchard

Develop and maintain a mixed orchard: 200 trees of heritage apple varities, pear, plums, quince, medlar, mulberry, nuts, pond, polytunnel ... We propagate apple trees and have panted 20 in local junior schools and have a tree nursery to grow trees up for local parks and wild life areas. We are in discussion with the council about planting trees in streets.