Willow Whips

Sunday 29th January

Members of the Herm community gathered on Sunday morning to help plant willow whips collected by the garden team from existing coppiced willow hedges on the Island.





The cuttings were pushed into the ground to create a new hedge near the Mermaid campsite.
The volunteers were rewarded with coffee, tea and cakes as a thank you. 

Photographs by Yolandi Moore

Britain In Bloom 2012!

After returning from the Britain in Bloom Conference at Assembly House, Norwich, Brett Moore and I are getting focused and ready for the next very busy 7 months.
In Norwich we met fellow Bloomers and found out who will be judging us in August.
We are in the Small Coastal Category for villages and towns with a smaller population than 12000 and with only 63 residents on Herm Island I think we will have our work cut out!
Also in our category are;

• Grouville, Jersey
• Lytham, North West
• North Berwick, Scotland
• Tenby, Wales

All of the above have done well in previous judging years, so this will be a very high scoring category!