On a damp but mild day four people from Riverside Living joined the leader for an hour-long tree walk through Brompton Cemetery, organised by the Friends of the Cemetery.

Originally the trees planted in the Cemetery were conifers, as they shed their leaves (needles) slowly throughout the year it was thought that they would be easier to maintain than deciduous broad-leaved trees which shed their leaves in the autumn.  Although there are some large cedars (Cedrus) and other conifers it’s believed that none of these formed part of the original planting.  So we concentrated on broad-leaved species, starting with common lime (Tilia x europaea) near the North Lodge Information Centre, and finishing with ashleaf maple (Acer negundo) near the South Lodge.

Participants joined in the discussion, asked questions, and seem to have enjoyed themselves.