Tree trouble in Poundbury as residents protest planting plans
Residents of King Charles’ model town, Poundbury, have opposed the planting of a line of trees on Peninsula Way.
Residents of King Charles’ model town, Poundbury, have opposed the planting of a line of trees on Peninsula Way.
Organisations across the South including those in Dorset and Hampshire have already received thousands of free trees.
Trees and children will be growing tall and proud at Verwood Church of England First School and Nursery, after pupils planted hundreds of saplings.
The 11th tree in a series of 12 has been planted in Wimborne.
In this National Tree Week schools and community groups are urged to apply for their free tree packs from the Woodland Trust.
Volunteers are needed to help plant 170 mature trees and fruit trees, as well as up to 4,000 hedging whips.
BCP Council is developing a draft Tree and Woodland Strategy and would like to hear the views of local people.
A prisoner turned paddleboarder is to return to jail – but this time, he has teamed up with The Woodland Trust to plant trees.
The residents of the Dorset town of Wimborne Minster may have noticed that more trees have been springing up.
On the back of a record-breaking spring giveaway which saw over 42,000 saplings delivered across the south of England, the Woodland Trust is re-opening its free tree packs scheme.