So far ….
 You’ve probably noticed a few
additions to the flora of the street and some new habitats that we’ve
introduced. Most of our efforts so far have concentrated on positioning planters
at strategic places – usually chained to street signs!
 Our team has also been hard at work preparing to
soften some notoriously harsh hard landscaping. Joy Evans can be seen hard at
working here adding some Hydrangea
paniculata Unique. Once in bloom, its white flowers will contrast spectacularly
with the dark fence.
 Some of our residents have colonised
the municipal strip of grass in front of their properties and transformed it
into a flower bed! The colonists have either come from the Hazelwood in Bloom plant supply funded from proceeds of the
Resident’s Association Annual Fete in July 2006, or have just been surplus to
requirements in various back gardens! If
you’d like some help colonising your strip – like with the heavy digging and
turf removal - just let us know and our team will be along.
 All our efforts so far have been
fuelled by the £840 we raised at our annual summer fete in July
2006. This is
the first time we have decided to not to donate the proceeds to charity.
In March
2007 the Council planted a new tree at the entrance to Dogge Lane Croft. This
replaced the mature silver birch which delivery vans in a hurry had made unsafe
by continually knocking bits off it as they turned in from Hazelwood Road. The
silver birch met its demise in Autumn 2006.
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