The Copse – First Anniversary (+ some birds)
Last May, constant readers will recall, I wrote here (http://www.greenbirding.ca/making-a-garden-in-the-forest/) about the start of a project in the Arboretum to plant and develop a so-called "Copse" of trees and shrubs that will bear a constant crop of native fruits for wildlife. As we went into winter the plantings had been completed, paths and a boundary had been defined and laid and there were even berries on the winterberry bushes to feed birds and small [...]