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Barry is, essentially, a Landscape Contractor who began working on the site way back in 1983, undertaking tree planting work for Redland. As with any quarry, the operators are required to replant and landscape spent areas of land. In 1999, Barry was officially invited to tender for the ongoing maintenance of the Arboretum in terms of helping plant trees, general maintenance of the grass lawn areas, paths and memorial gardens on the 150 acre site.
Over the years, Barry has built up his gardening team to cover the amount of work required. The workload is split between three parties. Barry and his team of five generally undertake all the shrub bed maintenance and mowing of the ornamental lawns, another contractor is brought in to mow the larger, formal grass areas, whilst the National Memorial Arboretum has a team of volunteers who help work on some of the plantations and memorial gardens.
Barry keeps the grass mown using ride-on Kubota rotary mowers, mowing most of the lawn areas on a weekly basis. Some of the larger plantation areas are mown on a ten day cycle. Grass mowing heights vary from 13mm on the formal lawn, to 30mm for more general grass areas.
During the summer months, Barry says it is very much like the old Forth Bridge mentality; as you complete one cycle of
cut, it is then time to start all over again.
One of the most popular parts of the Arboretum is the Poppy Field, which is in full flower between the months of June and August. Once the flowers have died back, Barry and his team cut and collect the old crop and, in the following March, rotavate and reseed the field, to start the whole process again.
Another big job is the twice annual treatment of weeds around the bases of trees. Glyphosate and spot treatments are used as required; a time consuming job considering there are so many trees to keep weed free.
Barry reports to Paul Kennedy, the Arboretum’s curator. They have regular meetings to keep up to speed with all the activities planned for the site, including ongoing construction work of new memorials, which can often impede some maintenance regimes.
Any pruning from tree works undertaken on site is recycled and used to mulch shrub beds and top up informal pathways. Barry loves his job, especially as he can see the fruits of his labour; many of the trees he planted all those years ago are now maturing into essential features of the Arboretum. Barry currently has no plans to retire, and hopes he can continue to enjoy the work and friendships he has built up since he began working there over twenty five years ago.
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