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14 April 2025

After a very dry March, it was decided that it was time to start the weekly watering of the trees that were planted in the Autumn.

13 April 2025

A few of the trees are now coming into leaf and flower in this warm weather.

04 February 2025

We were very lucky with the weather on Saturday 25th January for the Friends of Hampshire Farm Meadows work party.

12 January 2025

The ‘Re-elming’ of Hampshire will provide a huge support to wildlife that relied on this once ubiquitous tree.

28 December 2024

As part of Hampshire Forest Partnership's Disease Resistant Elms Trial, 10 Disease Resistant Elms have been planted around the arboretum.

17 December 2024

This year’s tree planting in the arboretum took place on 30th November to coincide with national tree planting week. Around a dozen people turned up to plant 34 trees.

06 September 2024

It is with great sadness we report that trustee Richard Hitchcock died on 19th August 2024 in hospital. 

02 July 2024

The 25th May saw The 'Friends of Hampshire Farm Meadows' group have a second work party in the arboretum to finish off the mulching of this year’s new trees.

23 May 2024

The 'Friends of Hampshire Farm Meadows' group had a working party on the 27th of April. Their volunteers helped the EVMA mulch the trees that were planted in December.

Tree Watering April 2025

Watering Thirsty Trees

After a very dry March, it was decided that it was time to start the weekly watering of the trees that were planted in the Autumn.

Below are a selection of photos of the watering process. It includes a photo of Cath Bryant watering one of the new disease resistant elms. She interrupted walking her dog to volunteer to help, and called her husband Duncan, who cycled over to join in. Thank you to Cath and Duncan who we hope to see again, and also to Cath and Neil who helped to organise this sesssion.
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