For the Queens Jubilee Year our little Parish Council
decided to plant a Jubilee Wood. We were fortunate to be granted 420 saplings
from the Woodland Trust that we planned to use as hedging and asked local
residents to sponsor a tree, this could be in memory of an event, a person, or
as simply as a gift to the parishioners present and future. So far we have 60
trees sponsored. We plan to have seats in the centre
where locals to come and meet or just sit and enjoy the view.
The recently started Youth Club became involved and they
also sponsored a tree and, on a cold spring day (!) came to plant it and some others. They chose a fruit tree and we hope that in the many years to come they will bring their families to
what will be then a small wood, tell them the story of the event and pick an apple or two.
Although the area is somewhat waterlogged and bare in places
as I write, this will soon change as many have given willingly of their time
and knowledge, working hard to turn what was a once small area of grazing land
into what will become an attractive village facility. As for the value of a tree, just look at the image below, and for more detail of that and the value of trees, see HERE.
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