AS PART of the start to the £3.3 million Hermitage Park regeneration and conservation project, Argyll and Bute Council and Friends of Hermitage Park have organised a tree walk this Saturday (January 7), to update people on the work about to begin and explain why some of Hermitage Park’s trees have to be removed.
A contractor is set to be appointed to start the work that will regenerate the Helensburgh park with improvements, including a new pavilion, a fountain plaza on the site of the old millpond, extensive conservation of the war memorial, new paths and lighting, interpretation panels, a new children’s play area and a demonstration garden.
A tree survey, which included the use of an aerial drone, provided detailed information about the condition and shape of the park’s trees. It identified around 70 that need to be removed because they are dead, dying or diseased, in poor shape, out of scale or planted too close together.