December Report
VILLAGE ENVIRONMENT GROUP
December Report
The week were due out in December coincided with icy conditions, so it was decided not to risk a visit to an already overwhelmed A&E unit.
The team have been kept busy with St Mary’s inviting a member to read at the popular carol service. Gareth sing song obliged as he can read. We had a member assisting with putting up the village Christmas tree and another presenting a Christmas workshop at Westbourne School in Penarth.
There will be some trees to plant in January that were handed out to people as part of a plan by the woodland trust to have a national forest of Wales. If you have a tree to plant just think about how big they are going to be as it can cause disputes in the future.
Weather permitting we hope to meet on the village green at 9.30 on January 9th
At present we are 100% bus pass but keen enough to help keep Wenvoe tidy.
Happy new year.
By the way –
TREES
- Almost 300 different species of insects can live on mature Oak trees
- A mature Oak tree weighs at least 1.5 tonnes
- The crown of a mature Beech tree produces enough oxygen to keep 3 people alive
- There are at least 600 different species of Oak in the world.
- The Oldest tree in Britain is the Fortingall Yew in Scotland – it is over 4,000 years old!
- The tallest tree in Britain is Ossians Douglas Fir in Scotland – It is 64.6m high.
- The Bristle-cone Pines are the oldest trees in the world – a staggering 8,000 years old. They grow in the Southern Rockies in the USA.
- A mature Beech standing alone in the open evapo-rates 75 – 100 gallons of water per day