Friends of Birkenhead Park Blog

15 or so volunteers worked on the shrubs in the boothby ground and edged the branches. the arising were left in big piles for the heritage gardeners to shred.

Paul K planted Japanese Anemone Roots in the Warriors Root Bed.

Marion, Pauline, Eric and Paul cut back Branches, weeded and litter picked in the Boothby Ground Beds.

Paul K cut back dead stems in the Boothby Ground Bed and started to clear an area in the Warriors Rest Bed to plant Margevrites, Marion and I cut back in the Boothby Ground.

Pruned back at the T shaped jetty in the upper park, continuing the work of the previous Wednesday. (23/11/16) Before that cut back lengths of of hotly to fill four bags at the visitors center car park. Late in the day we had to the forest schools area to showed up equip-pings from the path. As there was only one wheelbarrow with a flat tire it took longer to move then necessary.

We all litter picked, Too cold to do anything else.

Paul K planted Japanese Anemones, Gladioli Bulbs, Campanula and weeded the remaining empty patch. Marion Pruned bushes at the bottom of the boothby ground, Others litter picked.

Continued from 09/11/16. Ending up 20 big ash trees & broke a spade brambles cleared & views to upper lake opened up.

Planted gladioli, Caiypaulla and Lykoiyakia in the boothby ground bed. Marion pruned back the roses in the rosebed in the boothby ground.

Continued to clear hoggin paths and also clear leaves from path on bottom lake.