Free Trees for communities
By Ed Mitchell 5th May 2011
The Woodland Trust is offering free trees for communities to plant in their neighbourhoods in order to double the number of native trees in the UK.
We’re big fans of this fantastic offer and encourage you to participate whole-heartedly. As well as being a practical and affordable way to support native tree numbers, tree planting days are great fun for all ages and good community building events.
If you would like further information you can email the community tree team at the Woodland Trust.
Transition Montpelier have planted trees in front of a local Kwik-Fit garage, a church where advertising hordings used to be and many other places as part of their Urban Greening Group’s urban redevelopment activities in the centre of Bristol. The offer also enabled them to give fruit trees to local residents with gardens, helping the whole neighbourhood with food resilience.
Since this offer began last autumn, more than 1,500 communities have benefited so far from free trees. Many of these have been Transition Initiatives, unsurprisingly, as we recognise the vital role trees play as a sustainable source of local food and carbon storage, as well as planting being a fun activity that brings people together.
The Woodland Trust has a further 3,500 packs to give away from this autumn through to spring and autumn 2012. If you’re feeling unsure about how to proceed they also have a network of tree planting champions who can help. They also provide support to towns looking to plant woodland.
We recommend that you apply. Get some trees booked in now for winter planting!
You can receive a pack this November (or can register for delivery in 2012) by visiting The Woodland Trust Community Tree page.
If you would like further information you can email the community tree team at the Woodland Trust.