National Trust announces plans for The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee tree planting - The National Trust
The National Trust is today revealing its plans to mark The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee with a diverse range of tree planting projects as part of The Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC).
Seventy projects have been announced across England, Wales and Northern Ireland ranging in size from small-scale individual tree plantings where there is some significance to the property or landscape, to those where the Trust will be recreating notable, historic, lost avenues of trees.
Avenue projects include the recreation of a significant 80 tree avenue originally planted in 1766 at Dyrham Park on the outskirts of Bath. Today only one lone tree remains due to the other trees succumbing to diseases like Dutch elm, ash dieback and also the great storm of 1987.
A 24-tree sweet chestnut avenue will be planted at Abinger Roughs in Surrey, where the last of the original trees planted in the 1780s were also lost in the great storm; and 15 more poplars to help recreate Harold and Vita Sackville-West’s 1932 original vision for a tree avenue will be planted on the front field at Sissinghurst Castle Garden in Kent.
Hilary McGrady, Director-General of the National Trust said: “The Platinum Jubilee is such a special moment for the UK, so I am delighted that the Trust is able to take part in the celebrations. By taking part in The Queen’s Green Canopy we’re able to mark this historic achievement whilst also creating a legacy for the future – a fitting tribute to Her Majesty the Queen’s 70 years of service to the country.”
John Deakin, Head of Trees and Woodland at the National Trust said: “There is something really special about marking national occasions like this year’s Jubilee through tree planting – knowing that the trees should grow and last for generations to come as a marker of a significant moment in history. Our support of The Queen’s Green Canopy has catalysed an ambitious programme to restore avenues, conserve ancient trees and protect some our ancient woodlands.”
The majority of the projects will be planted later this year. For more information, visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/queens-green-canopy
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Posted On: 18/02/2022