A place people want to visit

Fishpond Park located near my flat in surbiton is very popular among local residents. Why this park is so popular? Why this park makes me feel something special though it is just a small scale nature reserve between residences?
In the park, some persons were slept on the grass covered with wild flowers, and others playing around furniture made by woods from this reserve. Old trees created shadows for family including small children.
There are a sense of place.

Spirit of a place

I have not noticed such a beautiful park only three minutes walk from my flat!!
This is Fishpond Park managed by Kingston Council. There are many old trees making a sense of place, and the pond is seems to be a valuable habitat for birds.

Workday

On sunday, I participated in workday at Fishpond Wood & Beverley Meads (LNR). The volunteer work of that time was tree planting to create a shrub hedge! As it was second time for me to join this groupe, I could be relax and enjoy this activity. The process of planting is as follows:

1. Dig a hole which is deep enough to cover a roots ofsapling
2. Plant a sapling and cover its roots by soil
3. Cover the sapling by tree-cover to protect from mammal such as rabbits and deers
4. Cover the ground around the sapling with mould

Then, I tried to even cutting tree by the meadow to let in light into woods. The strategy is simple: leave big unique shaped trees and cut young trees obstructing the view to the meadow.
These activities were a good opportunity to learn landscape management, so I would like to continue joinning this monthly workday.

Beverley Meads

I went to Fish Pond and Beverley Meads which is a part of Wimbledon Common to research for my landscape management report. It was bright sunny day, but I was worried about being myself alone in the woodland. Moreover, I was continue walking around same place as I could not find the way to exit. Then, suddenly I was chased by bulldogs!! How scared I was..