People in Dorset are being encouraged to plant as many trees as possible during the tree-planting seasons that run from October 2021 through to March 2022, and again from October 2022 to the end of next year.

The initiative is part of The Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC) that encourages people to plant trees to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022.

And setting an example this week was Dorset Council, with an English Oak being planted at County Hall by council chairman Val Pothecary and Lord-Lieutenant Angus Campbell.

Cllr Pothecary said: “The Queens Green Canopy is a great opportunity for the county to come together and plant more trees and we want to encourage community groups, organisations and Dorset residents as well as town and parish councils to join us in celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

“I am looking forward to seeing how Dorset gets behind this fantastic new project.”

To learn more about the project, visit: www.queensgreencanopy.org. This provides advice about how best to select and plant trees.

As well as inviting the planting of new trees, The Queen’s Green Canopy will dedicate a network of 70 Ancient Woodlands across the United Kingdom and identify 70 Ancient Trees to celebrate Her Majesty’s 70 years of service.