Unless there is heavy snow overnight, which is not currently forecast, Aldwickbury School will be open on Monday. Please drive carefully in the school ground, exiting the playground quickly. There will be no early morning swimming on Monday due to IAPS swimming trials later in the day.

Aldwickbury and its Trees

Saturday 17th April 2010

Everyone who enters the grounds at Aldwickbury always comments on the beautiful grounds and on the magnificent trees on site. We have to thank the past owners of Aldwickbury for these trees we take for granted.  Alfred Loder who had bought the house by the 1891 census was “one of t he generations of Loders re sponsible for many nationally important gardens… So it is reasonable to assume that Alfred would have recognised and developed the potential at High Firs ( as Aldwickbury was first known) when he purchased it”.*

 Sadly one of the large Wellingtonia trees in the car park had to be felled during the Easter break. We take looking after our trees very seriously and have a skilled team that regularly check that all is well with them. Whilst there is not much room to replant on site it has been good to be involved with the Heartwood Forest project planting trees there for future generations to enjoy.

*(Taken from ‘Aldwickbury – The Story of the House’ written by Mrs C Jeffery in the 1998 Aldwickbury Magazine).