Laying-in to more feral laurel bushes will help open up the woodland under-storey to more light and enable native species to thrive. These photos show the results of September’s working party on the 20th when we undertook more clearance below the Echo. Better light and a more open area will also increase safety for visitors and brings new perspectives looking towards the Echo.
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- Standing at the ponds looking up towards the Echo and across the area cleared
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- Trees come back into focus again as the veil of laurels and clematis recedes
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- Looking towards the Echo from the area of last month’s clearance close to the ponds. The historic building is visible again
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- Looking from the ponds towards the nest of laurel before and after work. The Echo makes an appearance on the right
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- Woodland floor receives light after perhaps thirty years or more of darkness beneath the laurels.
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- Looking from the back bath through Echo Wood, out towards the ponds and the main path
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- The choking clematis and laurel gone from the Echo really gives a great sense of how big the wood is here.