Bucks, Beds & Herts play huge role in record-breaking Jubilee tree planting
Thousands have been planted in our region
Last updated 31st Mar 2022
Thousands of trees have been planted in Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee this summer, and help tackle climate change.
More than 80,000 saplings have been given out by the Woodland Trust in the East since the launch of the scheme.
Over 538 organisations have been involved so far.
In Bucks, 6240 trees were given out to 47 organisations, in Beds that was 6525 trees for 42 organisations, and Herts had a huge 13,320 trees split between 86 organisations.
The figures come as applications for more trees are due to open next month.
Woodland Trust senior project lead Vicki Baddeley said surpassing the previous spring delivery record by just over 106,000 for a total of 623,910 trees was “wonderful”.
“We strongly believe everyone should have the opportunity to plant a tree, and our spring planters are really showing us how it's done,” she added.
“We're seeing such a wide range of motivations for communities to take the simple, positive action to plant trees.
"They're getting their hands dirty to combat climate change, support local wildlife, green up their local spaces, boost their wellbeing, and celebrate the Queen's Jubilee to name but a few!”
The trees were sent out as part of the Woodland Trust’s Big Climate Fightback where the UK’s largest woodland conservation charity encourages people to plant trees at events, at home and with their school or community to help fight climate change.
A total of 3,865 schools and community groups received packs and will be joining the fight by sharing their tree planting stories and photos with us on social media using #BigClimateFightback.