Want to be in a brilliant tree and hedge giveaway as part of a team-up between Lincolnshire County Council and the Woodland Trust? Then you still can, but you’ve got to be QUICK.
We have FREE tree and hedge pack giveaways happening later this month on Tuesday 25 November at Boothby and Thursday 27 November at Bardney Dairies. A total of 100 complete planting packs comprising plant protection materials, trees and hedging plants will be ready to hand over to help boost tree and hedge numbers in Lincolnshire.
To get one of the LIMITED number of tree or hedgerow planting packs, you need to register via Eventbrite prior to the event and then, when notified you’ve been successful in the application, collect the tree and hedgerow packs from the centre on the allotted day.
What’s in the packs?
Each free tree pack contained 50 trees, stakes and tree guards and were mix of small-leaved lime, hornbeam, English oak, field maple, wild cherry and hazel.
The free hedge packs included 250 hedging plants, a native mix of hawthorn, hazel, dogwood, dog rose and blackthorn along with canes and spiral guards. Enough to create up to 50m of double-row hedgerow.
Tree stats that make you think!
Lincolnshire has one of the lowest tree cover rates in the UK at just under 4%, compared to a national average of 13%. Lincolnshire County Council has a goal of planting 750,000 trees across the county. To work towards this, LincWoods - Lincolnshire County Council’s tree planting project - has been developed and we are working in partnership with the Woodland Trust, The Tree Council, Lincolnshire Co-op and the Forestry Commission.
What we are doing to improve things?
We are working with landowners, farmers, businesses, parish councils and communities of Lincolnshire to support the planting of new woodlands, hedgerows, orchards and individual trees.
The best bit is that we can offer free help and advice on everything from which species to go for, protection, management, funding and grant options available on a site-specific basis.
For further information email us at LincWoods@lincolnshire.gov.uk.