The Environment Trust's Volunteering Diary: Tolworth Brook

Surbiton.com: October 10, 2012 - 2:36am

With the autumn colours just starting to appear on the trees, our small band of Kingston volunteers turned out to help improve the green corridor along Tolworth Brook in Surbiton.

This is our first project in the borough of Kingston, and already much has been achieved. As well as improving the paths through the oak woodland, the task today was to clear a 'window' across the brook to discourage anti-social burning of a mature oak tree. English oaks are particularly valuable for wildlife, and as such, it would be a real loss to this stretch of the brook if this majestic old tree was to be destroyed by ignorant behaviour of a minority. Slashers were the perfect tool for clearing a dense patch of brambles and nettles, which soon revealed enough litter to fill a whole bin bag. Several local residents paused while walking their dogs to admire the work and their comments were universally positive.

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