December 2022
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Hedgelaying progress on Horsenden Lane North
This section was finished in the first week of December – here are some photos showing the progress. We generally follow these steps: With this section finished we’ve made a start near the crossing a little further up, and will work backwards, downhill till it joins up with this section. It should make a large…
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Woodland management: thinning and horse logging
Horsenden Hill woods is ancient woodland – woodland that has existed and persisted for more than 400 hundred years. Ancient woodland is precious natural habitat that supports many species of wildflowers, birds, insects, small mammals and reptiles. Horsenden Hill woods – along with Perivale woods and Grove Farm – are blessed with abundant bluebells and…
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Green woodworking at Horsenden
Green woodworking – using fresh or “green” wood for carving and carpentry – is at the heart of traditional crafts, a vital part of our technological, cultural, and historical landscape. Green woodworking ties in with forestry and woodland management, with conservation and caring for trees and local ecosystems; it’s a sustainable (meaning it doesn’t cause…
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Bernd’s Border
Bernd’s Border is an area of Horsenden Farm to be planted with soft fruits. Bernd Gauweiler was a popular resident of Ealing whose sudden passing shocked all who knew him. Questors theatre in Ealing wrote a lovely obituary for him, here. This border, made possible by the generosity of his family and friends, is a…
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A Royal tree for Horsenden
Friends of Horsenden Hill were the proud recipients of a field maple tree, one of the 350 British native trees that formed a huge sculpture outside Buckingham Palace to mark the late Queen’s historic Platinum Jubilee in 2022. Created by British designer Thomas Heatherwick, the sculpture reflected the planting of more than a million Jubilee trees…