Trekensa Gardens

This is a new job. Whereas for many years trespassed in to the northern edges to limit Himalayan balsam invasion, on Monday 24th June I spoke to Dave and he said it was fine to go in and clear them all.

The following images are view from the junction of A3[C] and A2[F] : Orange Cross : See above image

Diary for 2026

• August 27th: 3 [F]
• August 26th: 1@[B] | 4@[G]
• August 1st: 23 [F]
• July 31st: 23 [G]
• July 14th: 2 [G & B]
• July 13th: 11 [G & B]
• July 12th: 180 [G & B]
• July 8th: 45 [F] | 6[G]
• July 7th: 19 [F]

Diary for 2025

• May 14th: Just spoke to Dave and emailed him and Valerie to see if they can set up some volunteer clearing job
• May 22nd: Ongoing emails with Valerie and two 'associates' (Peter Gadd and Peter Thompson) who are showing some interest in removing some from Trekensa Gardens and are in touch with Dave by email, at least Dave has been contacted but I see no response from Dave yet
• May 22nd: Walked the edges of TG[F] | TG[G] | TG[B] Dave seems to have cleared a track aligned to the one shown in the image above, though that is from maybe 4 or 5 years ago. There were some small HB but nothing obvious. I'm hoping the dry weather has curtailed their ability to grow, supported by the fact that on my side, in the marshy wet area, in just passing across a strip I pulled 28 obvious plants
• June 20th: Just spent an hour with the Pete and Pete showing access and looking at the Sites
• July 4th: An hour using GM on area [G]
• August 6th: 111 TG[F] Adjacent S3[D]
• August 8th: 78 TG[F] Adjacent S3[D]
• August 21st: 140 TG[F] and 48 TG[G]
• August 23rd: 300 TG[G]
• September 12th: 48 TG[F]

Diary for 2024

• Sept. 19th: 2 from [F]
• August 26th: 54 pulled with Gavin and Linda [B & G]
• August 2nd: Mostly a walk about with Dave King to assess the growth in Trekensa Gardens
• August 1st: 111 @ [TG-F]
• July 31st: 80 @ [TG-F]
• July 6th: Pulled some but did a swathe in [TG-N] and an areas in [TG-B] and [TG-G] with the brushcutter
• July 4th: 5 @ [TG-N] 5 @ [TG-F]
• July 2nd: 138 @ [TG-N] From Trekensa. I was bit taken aback when I saw how many there are, probably tens of thousands and may want to us the brushcutter to clear a substantial area.
• June 19th: 12 @ [TG-N]

Area 2

The 'white' block belongs to 'The Stables' but as I pass through it I clear it.
Sites [F & G] extend across the drain.

2026

Diary

Very late start this year [July 4th] Heads in full flower with seed pods

• August 27th 3 [F]
• August 26th 14 + 1 [G]
• August 1st 2 [B] | 1 [D]
• July 31st 19 | 2 [B] | 17 [G]
• July 14th 3 [F]
• July 13th 42 [G]
• July 12th 180 + 242 + 663 [G]
• July 9th 62 + 70 + 13 [A]
• July 8th 2 [E]
• July 7th 1 [F] Well the 'more to do here' on the larger part I didn't visit yesterday was a pleasant surprise.
• July 6th 61 [F] One v-heavy bag ~ more to do here
• July 4th 19 [E] One heavy bag ~ more to do here
• July 4th 17 [E] & 18 [H] (17 on the riverside by the large willow and one on the marsh side of the drain opposite the three large sycamore.) One more heavy bag

Area S1

Diary

• August 26th: 2 1@[A] | 1@[B]
• August 1st: 2 [B]
• July 31st: 8 7 [A] | 1[B]
• July 14th: 9 [A]
• July 11th: 49 [C]
• July 9th: 13 [B]
• July 4th: 60 | 2 to the north of the track and 3 to the south. | [B] 55
• July 4th: 31 | 9 to the north of the track and 9 to the south. | [C] 13
• June 20th: 216 | 50 to the north of the track and 48 to the south. Another 118 in the thick area, i.e. the south.
• June 18th: � Maybe ten cut whilst making path to the south
• May 5th: 7  Small. At far north of the bund.