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The month of May 2021 has seen the latest chapter in the long history of community works by Silverstone WI who have been looking after our War Memorial Garden since 1973.  For our 80th birthday in 2012, we planted an Oak in one of our Pocket Parks.

Adding to this, a tree, ‘Malus, Directeur Moerland’, was selected on a socially distanced visit to Nicholson’s Plant and Tree Nurseries (highly recommended by our local Gardening Club).  The tree uses money which was kindly donated to our WI through Croft Stores Community fund and topped up by a generous donation from WI member, Judith Paybody.

A working party of WI friends planted the tree near the bench which was installed earlier this year on a little-used piece of land on the footpath/cycleway to our local Primary School.  The Parish Council arranged for the tidying of the land and positioning of the ‘Silson Snake’ through our village handyman.  Wild flower ‘bombs’ and poppy seeds (which are growing really well) have been scattered by a member along the base of the wall.  The tree was chosen for its ‘all year round’ interest and looks particularly stunning at the moment with its deep garnet foliage and stunning burgundy flowers. In the Autumn we will see a crop of crab apples which will be of benefit to our bird population.  The day we chose was particularly wild and windy with rain holding up proceedings but everyone battled through and the sun finally shone on our efforts.

This project was a real community effort – funding being provided by our only village shop; input by our local schoolchildren; the nearby timber yard (Linnell’s) providing tree supports; the Parish Council and School facilitating the use of the land and the generosity, spirit and effort

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