Much of our work party activities consist of managing the growth of vegetation. This is done for several reasons. Firstly it is important to maintain public access and safety – so dangerous trees and blocked paths have priority. But in most cases we are maintaining and improving the structure of the wood to encourage bio-diversity through creating and maintaining a range of habitats. Left to itself, the wood would revert to dense woodland with many fewer species of plant and animals.
Here we are removing re-growth of Rhododendron, which as an invasive foreign species can swamp the landscape if left unchecked.
Other recent work includes planting out new Hornbeam saplings to fill in gaps along the Cuffley Camp boundary and clearing a blocked culvert which was causing Rowbourne Brook to flood the junction of Middle Way and the Blue Trail.