Jill planting the Mulberry tree.
Jill Phipps lived in the village for many years – she met and married John who was a great friend of the boating community. Sadly John died in the late 1990s and a Mulberry Tree was planted in his memory.
Brian Greaves, a blacksmith artist who lives on a boat with a forge towed behind, created a wonderful iron tree guard. www.Briangreaves.com
The tree in 2022
Last year the tree had outgrown the guard and it was recovered and returned to Jill. The tree produces plenty of fruit which visitors help themselves to and then realise that Mulberry juice can be akin to a permanent marker!