One picture is worth a thousand words…’ Acer Planting A few words to explain this example of how The Friends of Coy Pond enjoy working well together to improve the area.   Liz, a Friend and supporter, sourced two fine acer saplings, around 8 foot high, and looking for a good home. These were brought, bare-rooted, to our Tuesday session (24 th  March). Wayne, our Chair and volunteer project manager (right) had thought of space by the Pond. But Rob, Head council gardener (centr

The Sakura Cherry Tree Project is the gift from Japan to UK of 10,000 cherry trees as a gesture of friendship between the two countries. It began in 2019 in Hyde Park, the planting ceremony attended by HRH Duke of Gloucester and the Japanese Ambassador. Since then there have been plantings in the whole of the UK. The Friends of Coy Pond felt this would be an attractive and worthwhile addition to the gardens along Bourne valley. The Friends had already planted a number of tree

One of the gardens which the ‘Friends’ have created around Coy Pond has been given the title of ‘Stairway to Heaven’. Stairway to Heaven The excuse for this was that, on a steeply sloping site, a series of log steps led ever upwards. Or at least as far as a ‘Tree of Heaven’. Tree of Heaven The blog dated 14/6/25 explains that the name was originally given to the installation of a highly modified ladder, to be found in the garden of one of the volunteers. There is now a copy

BIshop Aldhelm's School latest visit On 21st October, we had another visit from Bishop Aldhelm’s C.E. Primary School children. This time it was for ‘hands on experience’. Eleven enthusiastic hand-picked children came with two teachers, Kelly Hawkins and Kirsten Langridge, ready for a spot of gardening. First they walked past the 180 metres of rock garden (with three ‘designer’ Bug Hotels), on to the Spring Garden, by the pond. There waiting for them were bags and bags of daff

The best things in life are free! Eco Sustainable Solutions  Eco Sustainable Solutions has generously donated to The Friends of Coy Pond,...

Fallen Willow All Around The Pub Ace reporter Bluebottle gives a fly-on-the-wall account of last weekend’s catastrophe: “The regulars at...

Never mind The little boy who cries “Wolf!”: what about the old blogger who shouts “Crocodile!” twice? In the last blog (May 20 th ), the...

Most people find Coy Pond and its surroundings both peaceful and tranquil. For the gardening volunteers, one of the ‘perks of the job’ is...

A generous donation of a young magnolia tree has been given by Hayley, to beautify the shrubbery around Coy Pond itself. The magnolia is...

This is the story of a small ornamental tree, the Americans call ‘Stag’s head sumac’, Latin name ' rhus typhina ', and of the memories...

Did you really think that Coy Pond had an exotic creature, lurking in its depths? By prior arrangement with Bishop St Aldhelm’s School, a...

We always welcome gifts of plants wanting a good home. When the ‘Tropical Garden’ was first landscaped, we were given a variegated agave....

Most of the flowering plants in the Coy Pond area have been given by the current crop of volunteer gardeners, Friends of Coy Pond. Some...