When the cherry trees blossom in Christ Church Gardens,
(also known as Ronald Street Playground)
this year in 2023 we will meet under the trees
, despite the ground zero clearing of plant life in the gardens
something amazing could happen.
In early Spring 2020 I walked to Christ Church Gardens every few days,
to see what was happening and whether the blossom was ready to flower.
For the previous 2 years a group of us have met under that flowering blossom and talked about the future.
But that was before isolation.
Now we have to rethink
We have been working with staff and children at Mellers Primary School
since just before the Covid-19 lockdown in 2020.
Each year we have done a different activity with the classes in Year 3
involving the children building their own vegetable powered Future Machines,
a treasure trail around Christ Church Gardens and meeting the Future Machine.
Woodland conservationist, Iain Brooks, is working with us in Nottingham on ‘When This Tree Blossoms’ and helping out with the school workshops at Mellers Primary School in Nottingham. He has been spending some time in Christ Church Gardens doing some research on the cherry trees, Spring and the impact of climate change on the seasons changing. Here are some of his thoughts…
Woodland conservationist, Iain Brooks, is working with us in Nottingham on ‘When This Tree Blossoms’ and helping out with the school workshops at Mellers Primary School in Nottingham. He has been spending some time in Christ Church Gardens doing some research on the cherry trees, Spring and the impact of climate change on the seasons changing. Here are some of his thoughts…
