Cllr Andy Mann and Denis Stevens joined the Friends of Havering Country Park, along with residents, the Havering Park SNT Police team, Councillors, including the Mayor of Havering, for the event to mark National Tree Planting week.8 Giant Redwoods (Sequoiadendron giganteum) were planted along Wellingtonia Avenue, in the middle of the Park and will form part of the existing Avenue of mature trees.
This Avenue was originally planted during the 1890s by the owners of Machiters Manor House. Some of the new trees have been donated by members of the friends group and the Safer Neighbourhood Team.
One tree was donated by the Collier Row & Mawneys Residents Association, with Andy and Denis on hand to help with its planting.
As Denis Stevens is a dab hand in the greenhouse, he has also taken some cuttings and hopes to be able to nature a few more trees for the park over the next few years, there are still many gaps in the avenue and more need replacing, but at £60 each, its not cheap replacing them.
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