Bodmin WEED it Team

Bodmin WEED it Team Bodmin W**d It Team will provide manual and environmentally friendly w**d removal services for pavements, footpaths, alleyways, and public spaces.

Initially within the St Marys & St Leonards division of Bodmin.

We think Fridays session will be a return to the top of Midway Road.The w**ds and brambles have fought back but we will ...
16/06/2026

We think Fridays session will be a return to the top of Midway Road.

The w**ds and brambles have fought back but we will defeat them again!!!!

😅

16/06/2026

The bare gravel or compacted soil around a street tree isn't protecting the tree. It's slowly killing it.

Without water infiltration, without active soil biology, without shade on the shallow feeder roots — a tree surrounded by sealed ground gets less water than it needs every single year. In summer drought, whether that square foot of soil absorbs rain or sends it to the storm drain can determine whether the tree survives the season.

A planted tree pit changes all of this:

💧 Every rain event that falls in the planted area infiltrates instead of running off. The organic matter from decomposing plant material improves soil structure season by season.

🌡️ Living ground cover shades the root zone, reducing soil temperature by 10 to 20°F compared to bare gravel or compacted soil. Cooler roots are more efficient roots.

🌸 Pollinator plants at ground level — inches from the sidewalk — provide foraging resources and nesting habitat for ground-nesting solitary bees that no other urban feature supports.

🌳 Trees with planted pits live longer, absorb more carbon, and cool more of the surrounding block. Trees with sealed pits die a decade early — and we don't notice because the decline takes ten years.

Five plants that work in American urban tree pits:

🌿 Sedum (Sedum album, Sedum acre) — succulent ground covers that tolerate drought, compaction, and neglect. Spread to fill the pit over two to three seasons.

🌸 Creeping thyme (Thymus serpyllum) — aromatic, low, tolerates light foot traffic, and blooms in a carpet of small pink-purple flowers that bees work continuously from May through July.

💜 Bloody cranesbill (Geranium sanguineum) — compact, tough, magenta-pink flowers from late spring through summer, tolerates poor soil and partial shade. Zones 4–8.

🌿 Sage (Salvia officinalis, compact varieties) — purple flower spikes for pollinators, drought-tolerant once established, poor-soil tolerant.

🌑 Ajuga (Ajuga reptans) — semi-evergreen ground cover that handles shade and variable moisture. Check your state's invasive species list before planting — it spreads aggressively in some regions.

None of these need regular watering after the first season. None need fertilizer. They ask only that the soil be alive. 🌱

Before and after
15/06/2026

Before and after

Thanks for being a top engager and making it onto my weekly engagement list! 🎉Aaron Dawe, Sancia Jane Stafford, Ros Mcna...
15/06/2026

Thanks for being a top engager and making it onto my weekly engagement list! 🎉

Aaron Dawe, Sancia Jane Stafford, Ros Mcnary, Angie Jenkins, June Henderson, Sheila Verran, Julie Greenaway, Bryan Hellings, Natalie Pearce, Susan Parker

Another successful w**d.2 volunteers2.5 hours3 bags filled with w**ds.Pavements swept and looking tidyWe didn’t make it ...
15/06/2026

Another successful w**d.

2 volunteers

2.5 hours

3 bags filled with w**ds.

Pavements swept and looking tidy

We didn’t make it to the bottom of the hill. We could have done with more people.

Fridays location to be published soon!

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