Recent news articles and up and coming events
A thank you from Debbie Burton
As members will be aware our Administrator and Treasurer Debbie Burton stepped down at the end of December after seven years service to Kent Men of The Trees. We are pleased to welcome her as a new member and delighted she could join us at the AGM, George Kirby announced that as a thank you,…
Planting ceremony for Canterbury campus ‘river of vegetation’
The University is creating a ‘river of vegetation’ across the Canterbury campus. The ‘river’ has been developed by the Sustainability Team and Landscape and Grounds Team to act as natural signposting and a wildlife corridor between two flagship project areas that celebrate biodiversity, community engagement and sustainable food – the Kent Community Oasis Garden and…
A thank you from Brockhill Country Park
George Kirby the Chair of Kent Men of Trees, joined volunteers to plant one of the trees we gifted to them. Four trees were gifted, all of which have now been planted in the Brockhill Valley. The English Oak, Field Maple, Hornbeam, and this magnificent Scot’s Pine have plenty of space, so they can mature…
Wiltshire – a county of chalk landscapes and white horses!
Our long trip this season was to the County of Wiltshire with a full schedule of visits to enjoy. Our journey to our base near Corsham involved a slight dog-leg via Salisbury, to visit the ancient and supremely impressive cathedral. The building is a beautiful example of [perpendicular] architecture with an immensely long arching nave. …
Visit to Bedgebury Pinetum – 13 September 2023
Many people visit Bedgebury every year, and probably understand that this is the National Pinetum…but do not have the pleasure and privilege of being shown around by the Curator, Dan Luscombe. Dan has been the Curator for a number of years, and is passionate in his enthusiasm for the conifer world, visiting countries across the…
Alun Griffiths sadly retires from KMOTT Committee
Alun Griffiths – Chairman 2003 to 2022 Alun Griffiths left for Malaya in 1960, having finished his post-doctoral studies at Oxford. He spent 8 years working at the leprosy hospital in Sungei Buloh, after which he re-located with his family to Melbourne, Australia, and there developed a group to study the ultra-structure of fungi. After…
Wildwood Trust and Blean Forest visit 14th June 2023
On one of the hottest days of the year to date, an enthusiastic group of 22 gathered at Wildwood Trust for a visit that – unusually for a visit by Kent Men of the Trees – did not focus on a specific tree collection. Our expectation on this visit was to understand more about the…
2023 AGM
This year’s AGM is to be held on Saturday 15th April at 2.30pm. Please note that this year it will be at a NEW VENUE, Lenham Community Centre, 2 Groom Way, Lenham, Maidstone ME17 2QT All our members are invited to attend the proceedings, enjoy the presentation and to socialise over refreshments afterwards. Our speaker will be…
Save the Date 2023
In advance of the Green Card being finalised, we thought it may be helpful to circulate the PROVISIONAL dates for the KMOTT events this year, so that you can enter them in your diary. AGM on Saturday 15th April at 2.30pm. This year at a NEW VENUE, Lenham Community Centre, 2 Groom Way, Lenham,…
Long trip to Gloucestershire October 2022
KMOTT went to Gloucester – and did not step into a puddle at all! The long-anticipated excursion to Gloucestershire started on a miserable note – our pick-up points at Stop 24 and at the Mercure Hotel near Maidstone caught our travellers in an unexpected downpour, but your correspondent is happy to report that this was…