News and Events

Events

Our next litter picking event - 10 May 2025 11.00am

We are holding a litter pick on Saturday 10 May at 11.00am congregating in Warwick Dene Gardens prior to the session. We have a few litter picks available as well as refuse bags. Please bring along your own protective gloves.

Hope to see you there. If you have any friends or family members interested in joining the society please bring them along too.

News

April 2025

AGM

The AGM was held on 4 April. You can download the minutes here and the results of our survey here.

April 2025

Official events

There will be 3 official events on the Common this summer:
24 April - 14 May 2025 Wilson’s Fun Fair
29 August - 1 September 2025 Magic of Thailand
18 October - 4 November 2025 Circus Vegas

(dates include set up and removal times)

June 2024

Replacing the Horse Chestnuts

You may be aware that the horse chestnut trees are gradually becoming more diseased. They suffer from advanced canker bleeding which weakens the wood. This has been known for some years and in anticipation of them dying, rows of young trees – not horse chestnuts - were planted about 10 years ago, inside the outer border of the Common. Most of these trees are doing well.

We are told that horse chestnuts come from northern Greece. Young horse chestnuts, if planted in the UK, do not thrive and do not reach maturity. It is not economic, or advisable to replace our horse chestnuts with more of the same.

The tree officer has identified seventeen sick or dying trees on The Common. Some already do or could present a risk to road users and the public. The Council proposes to reduce or remove these trees and replace them with sixty-nine trees of different varieties such as limes, hornbeams, cherries and Scots pines, similar to the three Scots pines on the South Common. Some of the trunks will not be removed, but will remain as monoliths to encourage wildlife.

Funding for this work comes from Section 106 money paid by developers in the borough.

The reduction work will start in May and should be finished by August. Planting will begin in the autumn. There are huge numbers of trees to plant across the Borough and it is hoped to complete the work by the spring of 2025.

We will meet the Tree Officer in the autumn to learn more about the planting proposal.