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We want the 150th anniversary to have a lasting legacy. The trees, pictured in 1925, were planted in the 1890s and today are amongst the oldest on the Common. We must think ahead if we’re to match the foresight of our predecessors.
What could be more fitting for the Common’s anniversary, especially given the environmental challenges we face, than to plant trees on the Common.
Starting in December we’ve planted 50 saplings - roughly seven year old - in most parts of the Common. We’ve also planted 100 sqm of ‘mini-forest’ - trees, shrubs and plants - to connect existing areas of woodland on the Bolingbroke side of the Common and foster biodiversity, including rare butterfly species.
Trees are expensive. A typical native, semi-mature tree - cherry, hawthorn, hornbeam, maple - costs £150 to buy and plant, while an oak costs £200. The mini-forest will contain disease resistant elms - which at £250 are more expensive still - but also younger, faster growing trees - blackthorn and buckthorn - and a variety of plants and flowers. The cost of planting a sqm of mini-forest is £50 while a single sapling costs £5.
Enable has been very generous with its time and resources but we still need to provide £5,000 to complete the project.
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All donations will go towards the project as a whole and will be recognised in a manner yet to be decided
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