Children from Get Up and Go Community Childcare Nursery have taken part in a unique tree planting initiative to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
Invited by the Wolseley Trust, the children were joined by parents and grandparents for the tree planting initiative – known as ‘The Queen’s Green Canopy’ – at Scott Business Park.
The aim of the initiative is to inspire everyone, from individuals to community groups, schools and businesses, to play their part in enhancing the environment. Three ornamental flowering cherry blossom trees were planted on the day.
Liz Morrison from Pluss undertook all the groundwork preparation with her team and joined the event to help the children with the planting. All the children got fully involved in the digging and thoroughly enjoyed putting the soil in the holes for the trees. Keyham Neighbourhood Policing Team also joined in the muddy fun.
Sharon Wood business development manager at Wolseley Trust said:
“We are fortunate to have this oasis meadow area in the heart of our thriving business park. The Wolseley Trust welcomes partnerships that encourage sustainable environmental activity. Working together, with our community and partners we can have a positive impact to last for generations.
“We are very grateful to Vivian Hill and her team at the Nursery for making this a special day. The children did really well with the planting and we hope that they will come back to see how the trees have grown!”
Get Up and Go Nursery took the opportunity to combine the event with forming a walking caravan and Peace Walk from their building in Wolseley Close to reflect on the events currently unfolding in Ukraine. The trees were decorated with blue and yellow bows in recognition of the Ukraine national flag, kindly created for the event by Lucy Loveridge a local florist and member of the local community.
A commemorative plaque has been placed in front of each of the trees in keeping with the environmental initiative. These were donated by Roy Roffey at Alphabet Signs who is a tenant at Scott Business Park.
As a memento for the event, children took away with them packets of sunflower seeds and native wildflower seeds kindly donated by Pollenize CIC, also a Wolseley Trust tenant.
The trees will now be added onto the interactive The Queen’s Green Canopy map which will be presented to the Queen at the end of her Jubilee Year.
Soroptimists get stuck in too….
Mixed wintry weather did not deter a team of Plymouth Soroptimists getting together to plant saplings as part of the Queen’s Green Canopy for her Platinum Jubilee.
The intrepid group were joined by the Queen’s representative Deputy Lieutenant Brigadier Simon Young.
The mixed saplings now form a copse, dedicated to the Plymouth Soroptimist club, near the Silver Jubilee Hall at Down Thomas. A plaque with inscription will soon be placed in the copse to mark the event.
Club president Mary McNaughton said:
“In spite of the mixed weather conditions we all enjoyed the experience. We were very pleased that Brigadier Young joined us and were extremely grateful for the help provided by Keith Rennells and his team from ParkLife South West. They very kindly provided stakes, tree guards and barks which will ensure that the saplings thrive.”
A number of oak saplings were also planted nearby where they will have more room to develop into mature oak trees.
