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Henley New Forest

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November 2011 Henley in Transition (HiT) start work on the Henley New Forest Henley Town Council has leased two acres of Forty Acre Field Henley on Thames to Sue Ryder and Henley in Transition. Henley in Transition is using its acre to start establishing its vision - the creation of community woodland to significantly increase the area of local managed public woodland over time. Sue Ryder will use their acre to create a quiet area of new woodland for people to visit for special occasions, including remembering andd celebrating the lives of their loved ones. On Saturday 26 November over 30 local people gathered at Forty Acre Field near Tilebarn Close, near the Henley College tennis courts. By lunchtime they had planted 224 trees - hazel, ash,oak, cherry, silver birch and fruit trees.Groups represented at this community plant - in included The Henley Lions, The Henley Wildlife Group, Henley in Bloom and Trinity School . Everyone had volunteered to help Henley in Transition (HiT) start work on its new project, the Henley New Forest. HiT also received a free box of trees and shrubs from The Woodland Trust and many donated trees. The Henley Lions also generously contributed £100. For more photos click HERE	Planting at Tilbarn Nov 2011

Oct 2010 Planting has begun! On a bright Autumn day in October 2010, planting began on the long awaited Henley Forest. Year 5 and 6 pupils from Trinity School planted acorns, walnuts and conkers in a specially prepared seed bed within the school playing field, which the schoolkeeper then protected with netting, to deter squirrels and deer. The acorns were a gift from Grey's Court enabling The National Trust to liase, via Henley in Transition with schoolchildren in the town. Hopefully, every school will contribute to the planting of the forest...'from little acorns, mighty oaks will grow'Our vision is to build on and link up areas of existing woodland in and around Henley on as large a scale as we can manage, with the long term aim of creating Henley New Forest flowing around and through the town.	Planting at Trinity Oct 2010
January 2012 The Aim Henley in Transition's aim is to involve as many local organisations and people as possible, of all ages, in realising this new community project - the creation, over time, of a forest which, by building on existing woodland, creating new woodland and filling gaps between existing woods, will flow around the town and run through the centre of Henley via people’s gardens, roadside verges, and those myriad open places sometimes referred to as SLOAP – space left over after planning The woodland will be devoted to public use and enjoyment - and will eventually include woodland walks, wildlife corridors, glades, snowdrops, crocuses, seating, and edible fruit and nut trees in abundance. In the long term, we aim to help improve the quality of the air we breathe in Henley,and provide energy for heat and electricity.
How to Plant aTree. Video from the Woodland Trust

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