Don't Deck The Halls
Okay - so what the hell's going on here then? This used to be a quiet little corner of native hedgerow - hawthorn, holly, elder etc. between the craziness of the A106 roundabout and the choc-a-blockness of the Sainsbury's petrol station.I'm guessing someone went to the trouble (and expense) of planting it at some point, since I doubt there was much left over after various developers had had their two-penn'orth. Someone who had clearly deliberately chosen the shrubs for their indigenousity (is that a word? If it isn't it should be...) - presumably to encourage wildlife and gladden the hearts of the approaching shopper.
Whenever I walked by it seemed to have worked - it was full of squabbling birdies (and yeah, okay, a few crisp bags) and was a nice little bit of eco-greenery in such polluted mayhem.
I don't recall this being in any way in the sightlines of anyone - car, van or pedestrian - it was behind a wooden fence and well off the road. But when I walked by yesterday morning, I saw these guys - hacking off the mature shrubs with about as much skill as Jack Ketch. Even if they don't get some kind of horrid disease, I doubt these hedges will be troubling the minds of plant-haters for some time.
Still - it's not all bad - at least I get to enjoy the broken stumps - and to look at the glory that is the queues at the petrol station. I mean - who'd want to look at greenery when they can enjoy Sainsbury's?
Labels: Green Greenwich
posted by The Greenwich Phantom at
08:43
11 Comments:
Well, those pesky shrubs and the like were well obscuring the petrol station. Horror of horrors!
Passing drivers were missing out on a much valued additional retail opportunity.
Still missing the wind turbines as were. Their replacements have never seemed to be inoperation.
When I walked past last night one of the turbines was whizzing round so fast I thought it would take off. The other was completely still. I still don't understand how they work - I mean shouldn' they be going round all the time - even if it's only powering the lights?
Its supposed to be a nature reserve! urgent enquiries
Council "landscaping department", I bet. Idiots with no horticultural training whatsoever.
"ts supposed to be a nature reserve! urgent enquiries"
Sounds like it's a bit late for that!
The fastly maturing trees are OK and will look all the better in the spring. Can't remember what the old undergrowth was like- but the clearance obviously makes it harder for unsavoury characters to stalk from or hide weapons in close to a well-used path.
Gwladys
Is this a well known robbery area, of have you been reading too many crime novels ?
The work was done by contractors working for Sainsbury's. However Sainsbury's staff have adopted the Peninsula Ecology Park as their charity and have been doing fund raising events for them in the past week or so (there have been some press releases on this) - and the Ecology Park staff say they are looking forward to working with them in the future on the green areas around the stores
Capability
I suppose you will be rushing to post a fulsome apology
Hmmm
Looks pretty grim :(
But, hey, maybe a hero is at hand
Quick, this looks like a job for Gardening Gorilla Man! :)
Have tried to find info re the Sainsbury site and why allegance has been switched to Ecology park no luck on following.
http://www.greenwich.gov.uk/Greenwich/YourEnvironment/GreenSpace/
http://wildweb.london.gov.uk/wildweb/Links.do
http://www.wildlondon.org.uk/
Some years ago the London Wildlife Trust did a survey of Green Spaces in Greenwich (picked up the lizards and newts at Kidbrooke etc) will try a locate my copy but I suspect its pre the devlopment of that area
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