Queen's Green Canopy planting

This weekend 12 Rotarians from our club travelled to Wicksteed Park to help plant trees as part of the Queen’s Green Canopy. We were asked to come with our muscles ready as everything else would be provided for us. Rotarian Elizabeth organised this event which was much need in getting us out in the fresh air and planting trees that will be there for years to come. It seems like a long time since our club had been out in the open due to the pandemic. Luke, the park ranger, met us and guided us to the area that had been set aside for the Queen’s Green Canopy trees. The area had been well planned and we were able to identify what needed going where by colour coded stakes. Throughout the morning we were able to plant 150 saplings which ranged from rowan, silver birch, wild cherry, common oak and grey willow. Each sapling was given a tree guard which will prevent rabbits and mice from eating them. Mulch was also placed around each sapling to provide not only nutrition but further protection.

This was an excellent opportunity for some of our longstanding members to meet face to face with some of our newer members. One Rotarian had been coming to Wicksteed Park since they were young and their children and grandchildren have also enjoyed time here. We hope that his great grandchildren will be able to enjoy the trees that we have planted. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and are going to return later in the year to maintain them so that they can grow into great big trees.