The Eco group managed to avoid the rain today and went out at lunchtime to check up on the trees we planted around the edge of the school field last year. With the help of Hilary from the Friends of Dorrington Woods, we learnt how to take off the tree guards and check if the saplings were still alive. If they were, we weeded around them and replaced the guards to protect them from rabbits. Unfortunately about 20 of the saplings have died but we are expecting some more trees to arrive soon from the Woodland Trust and look forward to planting them in the next couple of weeks.