Monday, April 28, 2025

County Council gears up for tree and hedging plant giveaway

Lincoolnshire’s farmers, landowners and community groups can sign up to get 50 free trees or 250 free hedging plants to plant on their land in Lincolnshire.

Join Lincolnshire County Council and the Woodland Trust at either Market Rasen on 25 November, or Boothby Pagnell on 26 November for the tree giveaway days as part of National Tree Week 2024.

Up to 50 tree packs and 50 hedgerow packs will be allocated at each location to those who have registered online, on a first come, first-served basis.

Simply register your interest and bring a large enough vehicle, and you can collect your trees and hedging on the days, as well as getting tips on planting them.

Cllr Colin Davie, executive councillor for environment at the county council said:

“Tree planting is part of our commitment to a greener Lincolnshire and both trees and hedgerows are an important means of capturing carbon. Of course they also provide habitats and corridors for wildlife, enhancing biodiversity and can even help prevent flooding.”

Each free tree pack will contain 50 trees, stakes and tree guards and will be a mix of small-leaved lime, hornbeam, english oak, field maple, wild cherry and hazel.

The free hedge packs will contain 250 hedging plants (native mix of predominantly hawthorn) plus 25 trees to grow within the hedge, along with canes and spiral guards. If planting a simple single-row hedge, this is enough plants to create approximately 90m of hedgerow.

If planted as a staggered hedge at five plants per metre, one hedge pack is enough to create about 55 metres of hedgerow.

 

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