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Bringing Lydiard

TREE WORKS - open parkland and reed beds for
wildlife. This will involve the
PUBLIC coppicing or felling of several
CONSULTATION hundred trees of all sizes,
including nearly 50 large trees,
mainly sycamores and squirrel-
HE restoration of damaged maples.
T Lydiard's ornamental Apart from reinstating historic
parkland and gardens is set features such as the lake, the
to begin this September, reasons for fel ling are various,
subject to a £3.1 million including where they pose a
award from the Heritage danger to the public or are
damaging buildings and historic
Lottery Fund. Project leader Restoring Lydiards' lakes. Left, the existing
structures. We will also be
Sarah Finch-Crisp describes
thinning trees to favour the best but faster
how this restoration will trees (silviculture) which will growing
involve important woodland provide a mix of long-lived shrubs like
works to reinstate the lost traditional, ornamental, historic elder; and
lake, and the planting of and native trees, based on also to
thousands of new trees. Lydiard's historic records and remove
species which best fit the site. diseased elms
Thinning works are also to and alders.
protect or maintain wildlife Without this
habitats, to improve light and a management,
sense of security along paths, to Lydiard
reduce the spread of disease and would lose
to allow regeneration and almost all of
replanting of dead, dying or its ancient
damaged trees. trees within
These works will be more th an fifty years,
compensated for by the planting and have no Thinning to favour the best trees - silviculture
of over 400 parkland trees in the middle-aged
wider park and 11,000 trees in trees to replace them. We aim to
two new native woodlands avoid ever having to completely
within the park. Over the clear and replant woodland by
following five years, we also replacing a few trees each year.
plan to bring over 30 acres of the Lydiard's oldest trees are some
Wilde on Lydi^
woodland back into
traditional active 'The Importance of
Sonic trees are to be felled to reduce
management, by
the spread of disease Lydiard Park is the venue
selective thinning, for an exciting open-air
Visitors to the park in recent coppicing, hedge-
evening performance of w
months may have noticed a laying and replanting
Oscar Wilde's classic
number of trees in the woodlands, gaps. This comedy on Saturday 16
which have a red dot painted on management is July, 7.30pm, by the
them. Please do not be alarmed! essential to favour acclaimed touring theatre
As our notices describe, we are long-lived species,
company, Heartbreak
proposing to fell, thin or coppice like oak and beech in Productions.
these trees as part of a carefully place of short-lived
planned and managed restoration With sparkling wit, humour
and woodland management Important veteran and social satire, the play
programme. trees will be kept to focuses on the upper classes of Vic
Beginning this Autumn we are their maximum, safe providing deep insights whilst ma k
planning to restore about four biological life, through and excesses.
acres of scrub and young conifer pruning and Director, Maddy Kerr, has set thi,1
plantation to ornamental lake, management. summer of 1939, with Wilde's outr
up in their bubble of frivolity blissf
worldwide horrors about to unfold
Bring along a picnic, refreshmen
TREE TOURS OF LYDIARD PARK live jazz music from Fretless & Friei
unique outdoor theatre experience
1 July, 11 am and 26 July, 2pm floodlit Lydiard House.
Tickets f10 (f6 Juniors) are avai
Tree Tours of Lydiard Park with Lead Project Consultant Simon Bonvoisin Information Centre, Regent Street,
tel. 445566 and Lydiard House, tel.
Simon is a Chartered Forrester and Arboriculturalist, and author of
recommended as tickets are limitee
the conservation plans for Westonbirt Arboretum and Bedgebury Pinetum performance.
Sensible footwear recommended. Meet on front steps of Lydiard House www.heartbreak