SCHOOLS in north Northumberland are joining forces with a forestry charity to plant hundreds of trees as part of a massive national campaign.
Children from Shilbottle, Swarland, Thorpton and Warkworth first schools, Barndale School in Alnwick and middle schools in Amble, Hadston and Seahouses will be receiving 30 trees to plant in their grounds from the Woodland Trust.
The trees come in
hedge and copse packs and make up 1.5 million trees being distributed by the Trust and supermarket chain Sainsbury's.
Paul Bunton, community project manger, said: "The Trust's hedge and copse packs have proved a huge success with schools and youth groups from day one and this year, thanks to Sainsbury's, we have been oversubscribed with applications from them.
"They are the perfect way for young people to learn about the local environment and how they can support and nurture it from an early age – and continue to do so for the rest of their lives.
"The packs are also supported by free online planting guides and curriculum linked resources."
The free packs contain either 30 native hedge trees including hawthorn, hazel, holly, dogrose and dogwood, or thirty native copse trees including birch, rowan and wild cherry.
The hedge and copse pack scheme is part of the Trust's Tree for All project, the UK's biggest children's tree planting initiative.
