2011
/Yearly Re-cap
We had a fairly quiet year with no Open Day, but we did get a LOT of trees in this year, wow, the total count is now 1023!! ( check the "Tree Species Planted" page for details ) And thats not counting the natives in the creek, so yes, we have been quietly busy.
A couple of high points this year have been the local Deans Marsh Primary School holding their Fun Run here at Frogwood. A small school with just over 40 students, they made up for size by enthusiasm and had a wonderful day with the teachers and parent helpers who also enjoyed exploring Frogwoods pathways and seeing the young trees as they ran ( or walked, lets be honest :) past.
Another exciting bit of news is the 3 week tour of New Zealand by owner James Maund, who spent time visiting the famous trees of New Zealands south and north islands, coming home with new ideas and enthusiasm for the Arboretum and a genuine appreciation for the many Great Trees which are native to the New Zealand, and we are looking forward to next years first plantings of "Metrosideros excelsa" the NZ Christmas Tree.
Summer 2011
This has been a very wet Summer, so that means some good news and some bad.... The good news is most new and past plantings have thrived in the warm wet soil, but sadly some were just too wet and so we had some losses.
Still, a good season all round, and a great start for most 2010 plantings. As we head into Autumn already we are busy planning the next round of trees to be planted this winter, so the Arboretum is starting to take shape! Such an interesting thing to walk around with our vision and thoughts half in the "present" and half many years in the future..
