An 80-foot tree had to be felled on Saturday (February 19) after Storm Eunice when it was seen swaying dangerously over Grove Garden in Haywards Heath, as well as a public footpath and some flats.
Grove Garden chair and trustee Nigel Ryan said the ‘tough decision’ to fell the Scots Pine tree near Clair Park was taken by Mid Sussex MP Mims Davies and Mid Sussex District Council leader Jonathan Ash Edwards, who arrived at the scene with councillor Rod Clarke and councillor Sujan Wickremaratchi.
Nigel said that the tree was felled with support from tree surgeons and the emergency services.
No one was injured, he said, but the garden was damaged and lost its wall, which means its might face delays before it can open for elderly people in spring.
This footage was taken by NIgel Ryan.