National Tree Week 2018

 As part of National Tree Week 1018, we met on the Oxton Fields on Saturday 1st December to plant a young oak tree.

Heather and David Alcock, together with their daughters Georgia and Rose, contacted our Friends group to donate their small tree.
Georgia Alcock, who will be eight years old in January, had picked up an acorn she found under a large oak tree on Wimbledon Common 4 years ago.  Her parents helped her plant and grow on this tiny acorn, which is now almost as tall as she is.

We gathered on the Oxton Fields to ceremoniously plant her cherished oak tree, which we hope will thrive and grow into a beautiful large oak tree for future generations to enjoy.
Georgia, along with her little sister Rose, got stuck in and helped with the planting.

Finally the young tree is in the ground and we all stood proudly around for a group photograph.
Hopefully Georgia and her sister will always remember this small oak they helped to grow and will return, perhaps with children of their own, to sit beneath the branches of a mighty oak, which they grew from one tiny acorn!