Community tree planting packs

Date	Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Topic	Basic Skills [4] Biodiversity & Natural Environment [5] Civic Participation [6] Planning, Land & Flood Defence [7] Energy, Waste & Natural Resources [8] Sustainable Development [9] Education & Skilled People [10] Environment [11] Governance & Civic Participation [12] Infrastructure [13] Quality of Life [14]

Woodland Trust community tree planting packs are designed to help community groups to plant more trees, hedges and copses in their local shared spaces - by a church, community centre or playground for example, or on patches of land that are currently unused. Packs can be separated and planted in small copses to best fit the public areas in your neighbourhood.

Native trees can help mask unsightly developments, mark out boundaries, store carbon and help counteract air and noise pollution. With so many benefits, why not think about spaces available in your local area?

Tree packs are available in two different sizes:

105 trees - ideal for planting as a hedge or copse
420 trees - ideal for planting on roughly an acre of land.

The larger pack comes complete with basic tree protection (canes and spirals). The smaller pack does not include any tree protection, so you may want to consider sourcing tree guards if rabbits and/or deer are present at your planting site.

Each pack is also available in four different themes:

Year-round colour - beautiful views in every season;
Wood fuel - keep the log fires burning!
Jams, jellies, chutneys and cordials - treats to eat;
Wildlife - provide new homes for our native wildlife

The trees are delivered as young whips, approximately 30-40 cm in size.

Applications for Spring 2011 and Autumn 2011 are now open! [2]

Good things come to those who plant trees. Visit MoreTreesMoreGood.org.uk [3]

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Links:
[1] http://www.yourclimate.org/system/files/news_images/TREES.jpg
[2] http://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/en/plant-trees/help-advice/Pages/apply-now-free-community-trees.aspx
[3] http://MoreTreesMoreGood.org.uk
[4] http://www.yourclimate.org/topic/education-skilled-people/basic-skills
[5] http://www.yourclimate.org/topic/environment/biodiversity-natural-environment
[6] http://www.yourclimate.org/topic/governance-civic-participation/civic-participation
[7] http://www.yourclimate.org/topic/infrastructure/planning-land-flood-defence
[8] http://www.yourclimate.org/topic/environment/energy-waste-natural-resources
[9] http://www.yourclimate.org/topic/environment/sustainable-development
[10] http://www.yourclimate.org/topic/education-skilled-people
[11] http://www.yourclimate.org/topic/environment
[12] http://www.yourclimate.org/topic/governance-civic-participation
[13] http://www.yourclimate.org/topic/infrastructure
[14] http://www.yourclimate.org/topic/quality-life