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The planting
A er many hours of planning, listening to all the di erent ideas and sketching, keen Kat Rivier Kai members met at Lampie’s house in Sedge eld on heri- tage day the 24th of September 2016.
First we had to select the individual trees. Being spoilt for choice is a luxury, but that can complicate the selection process! The seven main trees were selected according to trunk diameter, trunk height and position of primary branches. One of the trees in the Baines group was pushed over (by a grumpy elephant?) many years before he painted them in 1862.
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