WELLINGTON’S green corridor is set to welcome its 3000th tree this weekend after fourth months of planting.
This Saturday, March 22, the last scheduled public tree planting day is set to take place as part of a project developed by Wellington Town Council and the Woodlands Trust last year.
In December 2024, the two entered into an ambitious agreement to plant more than 3,000 trees and shrubs in a 64-acre area of land known as The Green Corridor as part of the Trust’s Woodland Creation Scheme.
After four months of hard work, the teams hope to achieve their planting target this Saturday.
South West regional external affairs officer for Woodlands Trust, Rosie Walker said: “I am really excited to be so close to getting the initial woodland creation finished for the season in the Green Corridor.
“It has been really inspiring and rewarding to work with so many people from across Wellington and Rockwell Green to take action in our green space for nature and climate change.
“I knew when I set out to do to this, that our local people who care so much for the basins and green corridor would rise to the challenge and plant the thousands of trees we’ve got in the ground so far, with just the final few hundred to go.
“Here’s to our final push before the tree planting season closes at the end of March.”
Mayor of Wellington, Cllr Janet Lloyd said: “After agreeing to work with the Woodland Trust on the very ambitious project to plant 3,000 trees in our Green Corridor during the winter planting season, we advertised the sessions and asked for volunteers to help.
“We were overwhelmed with the response that we received and actually on one planting day, we could not accept any more volunteers!
“Despite some challenges caused by storms and poor weather conditions, thanks to our keen army of volunteers we hope to complete the project this coming weekend.
“My sincere thanks go to everyone who has been involved in the project and turned up to plant the trees, not always on bright sunny days and with the grass under foot, quite wet.”