This report is about the Trees for Schools project where climate resilient trees have been planted in a local primary school thanks to support from Willmott Dixon, who have also supported planting in another school.
Every tree planting workshop with the Trees for Schools programme is bespoke and tailored to the needs of the school. We take into account the age of the children and the existing availability of green space for new trees. A pre-planting consultation with the school helps us to understand which species will best suit their plans for the site, map out the planting and plan how the trees will best be used as a resource for the school and community.
Through this project, young people were taught about the importance of trees to local wildlife and why we need to plant them to help protect our planet. The children learnt how to plant trees and then helped plant them with our Education Officer. As well as educating children about climate change and wildlife, this project helped create green learning spaces in schools and benefited children’s health and wellbeing by getting them outside and learning in a new environment.
Garway is a school and pre-school in Hereford. In spring 2023, a group of enthusiastic children helped plant 200 trees in their school grounds thanks to Willmott Dixon who contributed the trees.
Our Education Officer Tim led the session, planting to expand the existing forest school areas creating a green learning space for decades to come.
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Tim is an ecologist with 20 + years experience in Environmental Education. He has a particular interest in woodland fungi and recently discovered a rare slug while working on a Teaching Trees visit. Tim covers Herefordshire and Worcestershire, occasionally slightly further afield.
As a GreenTheUK partner, you support projects that are in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.
Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss.
