Imogen has been back upstream of Shipston on Stour this week planting trees on one of the steepest hillsides in the catchment… This slope sends a lot of run-off into the Stour, so over the past two winters we’ve added ponds to slow the flow and now tree planting to help absorb water, improve soil structure and naturally reduce run-off. These features also create new, valuable habitat for local wildlife 🪶 It’s the kind of joined-up, practical work that shows how small changes further upstream ca