The highlights of this year's tree planting season
As we approach the end of this season, we have been busy planting tress across Surrey. We have donated and coordinated the planting of trees within schools, local authorities, charities, and community groups across the county, and have facilitated 35 volunteering sessions to enable residents and county council employees to do their bit in supporting Surrey's greener future. Our projects will provide a range of benefits to local communities, including increasing habitat and food availability for wildlife, supporting Surrey's zero carbon objectives, and increasing moisture retention in soils to help reduce flooding.
Some of our highlights of this planting season so far include:
- Planting a new hedgerow at Disability Challengers in Guildford
- Working with over 100 volunteers at Bocketts Farm to plant over 1000m of new hedgerows
- Delivering workshops at ten schools to allow children to plant trees within their school sites
- Planting two wild cherry trees at a private safe refuge for women who have escaped abusive relationships
- Using 42 plastic waste bottles donated in the Merrow bottle drive to create tree protectors – these are now installed on the Downs Link in Cranleigh.
More projects will follow including a new woodland creation project on our tenant farm at Kinnersley Manor Farm in Reigate. Thank you to all the volunteers who have supported our tree planting as we continue to work toward a greener future. For more information on tree planting and the interactive tree map, visit our Greener Futures webpage.
More from greener futures
- New One Stop Shop energy saving service for households
- Celebrating Surrey Nature Day
- Transforming a rooftop at a school into an urban wildlife haven
- Take our food waste challenge this autumn
- Surrey residents benefit from Solar Together
- Grow your business with BetterPoints
- Solar panel buying scheme for residents re-launches
- Community bike refurbishment project a success
- New ZERO Premises Opens On Guildford High Street
- Home Energy Advice Taskforce
- Sign up to support tree planting in Surrey
- Six great cycle routes to get you from A to B
- Five easy ways to improve your recycling
- M25 full weekend closure 12 to 15 July
- The River Thames Scheme's Ecological Efforts
- The River Thames Scheme
- Looking back at a busy tree planting season
- Helping us reach our green goal
- Adapting to Climate Change in Surrey
- Free training for trades
- We’ve reduced our own carbon emissions by 34%
- Responding to flooding in Surrey
- Who is delivering the River Thames Scheme?
- Preparing for potholes
- A day in the life of a Surrey Highways team
- Your Fund Surrey supporting green projects
- What are green careers?
- Travelling actively and safely around schools
- Free grant to help heat your home
- What is the Green Infrastructure of the River Thames Scheme?
- Getting the right highways help
