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Planting a tree for the Jubilee

Worcester has been named a Champion City in The Queen’s Green
Canopy – a national campaign that is encouraging tree-planting

across the nation to mark Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

To celebrate the good news, planting of trees in recognition of Mayor and Brett
Worcestershire County Cricket Club Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum D’Oliveira
Captain Brett D’Oliveira joined the Jubilee.”
Mayor of Worcester, Cllr Stephen
Hodges, to plant lime trees at The Mayor of Worcester says,
Pitchcroft, the home of Worcester “Worcester is known for its loyalty
Racecourse, restoring a grand to the Royal Family and our
avenue that was first planted at the reputation as a green city is growing
start of the 20th Century. all the time.”

Brett D’Oliveira says, “It is an Worcester is a Champion City
honour to join the Mayor of because it places trees and
Worcester and students from the woodland as a central part of its
University of Worcester for the plans for green spaces.

Digging deep for nature 400 trees planted for

in Aconbury Orchard Charter celebrations

Worcester Environmental Group, the City Council and
Nunnery Wood High School Eco Club took on the Cllr Hodgson plants
1 of 400 trees in
daunting task in January of digging over a thousand Perdiswell Playing
holes to plant an edible hedge for wildlife. Fields as part of the
Charter 400 project
The hedge, situated in Aconbury Orchard in Nunnery
Wood, will bring enormous benefits to local wildlife.

Worcester Environmental Group founder Paul Snookes
says, “As well as creating a rich source of food for birds,
mammals, amphibians and insects, it’s going to provide
them with both a home and a really beneficial wildlife
corridor.

“It will also improve the environment by capturing carbon,
reducing flooding and cutting air pollution, and it will also
simply make the place look nicer, which helps with our
mental health.” 400 trees were planted at Perdiswell in January, as
an environmental gift to Worcester. They included
The trees were paid for by a oak seedlings grown from trees that are over 400
grant from Cllr Andy Roberts years old, from around the city.
from his Worcestershire County
Council Divisional Fund. The planting marks the end of celebrations of Charter
400, a project that marked four centuries since
WEG, in conjunction with Worcester was awarded its Royal Charter.
Onside, a mental health charity,
is putting forward proposals for Cllr Stephen Hodgson, Mayor of Worcester, says,
many more edible hedges and “What better gift to the city than to plant trees? I am
fruit trees to be planted along a delighted we are able to mark the Charter 400 project
12-mile wildlife corridor around with such a lasting legacy.”
Worcester.
Planting over 1,000 trees at
Aconbury Orchard  Find out more about the Charter 400 project at:
 For more information: W: www.visitworcester.co.uk/charter-400
W: www.theweg.org.uk/wild-about-worcester

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