top dressing

Next steps in the Forktree nursery: applying the finishing touches to the nursery pad with 40 tonnes of dolomite sand. This provides a flat surface atop the 150 tonnes of crushed rubble salvaged on site that make up the nursery pad.

A special mention goes to Southern Quarries in Sellicks Hill who gave us a rock bottom price for the dolomite as a way of supporting our rewilding work. Thank you, Tom Lear and team at Southern Quarries, for supporting the cause.

Step by step we are getting the nursery ready for increased propagation and growing of native saplings for next year’s planting season. Next up, the potting tables…

1. The dolomite arrives.

3. Spreading it out on the pad.

2. Moving it into position on the pad.

4. Looking smooth: finished and ready to receive tables.