Play your part and help plant the county’s newest woodland 

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Worcestershire County Council are calling for more volunteers to help with tree planting at the county’s newest woodland in Upton Snodsbury.

Worcestershire County Council are calling for more volunteers to help with tree planting at the county’s newest woodland in Upton Snodsbury.

The countryside team are looking for extra helping hands as they aim to finish planting all the trees on the site before the end of winter.

A number of community organisations have helped to plant trees, during one of several dedicated community planting days.

More planting days are being held on the following days from 10:30am to 2:30pm:

  • Tuesday 3 December
  • Thursday 5 December
  • Sunday 15 December
  • Tuesday 17 December
  • Friday 3 January

The Upton Snodsbury site will have 16,000 trees when completed and is part of the County Council’s plans to plant 150,000 trees at sites across the county.

Councillor Emma Stokes, Worcestershire County Council’s Cabinet Member for the Environment, said: “It’s been great seeing the Upton Snodsbury woodland come together, and we’re really thankful to those who have joined us so far, enjoying the opportunity in the great outdoors to help us to plant the trees. The creation of our new woodlands is designed to be a real community initiative, both as the woodlands take shape and long after they are opened. This site will have a community orchard, and we really want the local communities to see the woodland as a space for them to help create and use in the future. Those that have been so far have really enjoyed their time so if it sounds like something you’d like to get involved with, please contact our Countryside team.”

The tree planting days are part of an ongoing project throughout winter using groups from the community to plant trees and as such the County Council will be running regular work parties throughout February and into March.

The site is currently being planted with trees to create a mixed native woodland nature reserve with a community orchard.

To book onto a workday or for more information please email Tanya Feasey, in the County Council’s Countryside team.