Author: leemanorsoc

Fifteen Lee Manor Society members joined our sixth seasonal tree walk on Saturday, October 5, viewing mature and recently planted trees along the Burnt Ash Road avenue and on other local streets.

A wet summer and the absence of strong autumn winds meant trees had kept most of their leaves and there was little autumn colour on this occasion.

A new discovery on the walk was a large tree of heaven on Burnt Ash Road that is seeding onto the car wash site. A popular tree in the early 20th C, it is now regarded as an invasive species. The walk was led by the Society’s two tree champions David Ford and Charles Batchelor. The 2025 spring tree walk will take in the rich variety of trees in Manor House Gardens.

You may already have seen the paper copy of the Lee Manor Society’s Annual Review for the past year – most have been delivered to letterboxes in the area by our volunteers.

It’s also now available here online. Please feel free to share it with anyone you think might be interested. And don’t forget, the Annual General Meeting of the Society is coming up on October 16th. The speaker will be Paul Wood, author of London’s Street Trees. Full details can be found here.

A reminder that the Lee Manor Society Autumn Tree Walk will be on Saturday October 5, 2024. The walk will start at 11am at the Lee Green crossroads by the history panel. We will be looking at autumn colour in the wide variety of species in the Burnt Ash Road tree avenue, including our recent plantings, and other local streets. Time permitting, we will walk into Manor House Gardens with its wealth of historic trees, many dating back 250 years to the original planting when today’s public park was the private garden of the Lucas and Baring families. No advance registration needed – all welcome. Just turn up!

The next meeting of the assembly will hear updates about Leegate, the Lee Green Sustainable Streets Consultation and the Police Safer Neighbourhood.

For more details see https://leemanorsociety.org/event/lee-green-assembly-meeting/