- Neatherd Moor close to Clark’s Acre
- Saturday 17th March 10.00 a.m.
Dereham Society with
Dereham Town Council in the Neatherd Moor are planting free trees from
the Woodland Trust to celebrate The Queen's Diamond Jubilee and help
improve the habitat for wildlife
on land recently purchased by Dereham Town Council.
Dereham Society are
receiving a free105 tree pack, which will be used to plant a hedge along
the side of land adjacent to Clark’s Acre. This fits in with the Green
Framework to develop corridors
for wildlife and improve the visual amenity for walkers. Larger packs of
400 trees are available for planting in the Autumn once the first batch
of 105 trees are successfully planted.
If you would like to plant a
tree with Dereham Society, come prepared. A coat, warm clothes and a
pair of boots or wellies are recommended.
The Woodland Trust aims to
plant six million trees in total through 2012 to mark the Diamond
Jubilee. Communities and schools are at the heart of the project, with
more free Jubilee tree packs
available for November 2012 which groups can apply for now.
In 2012,
all free tree packs contain an exclusive Royal Oak sapling which has
been grown from an acorn gathered from a Royal estate such as
Sandringham or Windsor. The packs are
being provided in partnership with IKEA, the world’s leading home
furnishing retailer which has worked with the Trust for over 4 years and
has generously raised over £1.4 million for the charity so far.
Tree planting is a
fantastic and fun way for people to do something lasting and meaningful
in our local area to mark the Jubilee. We hope our trees will help
attract wildlife and make a real difference
to everyone who will see them. It's incredible to think that in just a
decade, our trees will be as tall as us. We'd like as many people from
the community to come along and help us."
Victoria Hodson from the
Woodland Trust added: "We are delighted Dereham Society are using our
free tree scheme to plant more trees in Neatherd Moor. Communities are
transforming their neighbourhoods,
growing their own fruits and food, creating shade and shelter, and
providing new homes for wildlife. This year, we are offering more free
trees as part of our Jubilee Woods Project to celebrate Queen
Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee, and would love more communities
to get involved."
With HRH The Princess Royal
as patron, the Jubilee Woods project is only one of a handful of
projects to carry official Royal approval. Communities can take part by
applying for a free pack at www.jubileewoods.org.uk/communitytrees.
Applications for autumn packs are due to close in October.
Sainsbury’s is the lead
corporate sponsor for the Woodland Trust’s Jubilee Woods Project. Over
the next fifteen months, Sainsbury’s will be supporting the project and
raising £1.5 million for tree
planting by increasing the number of donations made from products in
store. Sainsbury’s will later this year also be giving customers the
opportunity to make a ‘pledge’ in store to plant a tree to mark the
Diamond Jubilee and promoting activity through the
retailer’s Active Kids scheme, to encourage schools to plant trees.
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Notes to editors:
For more information please contact: Rhiannon Bates, Woodland Trust, 0845 293 5546 , or rhiannonbates@woodlandtrust.org.uk
The Woodland Trust now
offers a range of mechanisms to inspire and enable large organisations,
schools, community groups and individuals to plant trees on their own
land.
The Jubilee Woods project
has The Queen's support - and HRH The Princess Royal as patron. It will
commemorate the 2012 Diamond Jubilee, marking Queen Elizabeth's 60th
year as monarch. Next to
Queen Victoria in 1897, she is the only British sovereign ever to
celebrate a Diamond Jubilee. The Woodland Trust is the UK’s leading
woodland conservation charity. It has 300,000 members and supporters.
Visit www.jubileewoods.org.uk
for more details.
The Woodland Trust
The Trust has three key
aims: i) to enable the creation of more native woods and places rich in
trees ii) to protect native woods, trees and their wildlife for the
future iii) to inspire everyone
to enjoy and value woods and trees. Established in 1972, the Woodland
Trust now has over 1,000 sites in its care covering approximately 20,000
hectares (50,000 acres). Access to its sites is free.
Sainsbury’s Lead Sponsor of Jubilee Woods
The Sainsbury’s
relationship with the Woodland Trust started in 2004 with Sainsbury’s
currently donating 1p from every dozen Woodland eggs sold, 2p from
Woodland chicken and 10p from Woodland turkeys
to the Woodland Trust. This will extend to other products throughout the
next 15 months.
The Jubilee Woods project
is kindly supported by our Lead Sponsor Sainsbury's, Diamond partner,
IKEA, and Silver Partners Calor, Hoval, ibuyeco, Pearson, The Wren
Press, Hoval and DoubleTree by
Hilton.
