Youngsters branch out ahead of Queen’s Diamond Jubilee

The pupils from Bedale, Snape Community and Thornton Watlass primary schools have helped plant 105 native trees at Thorp Perrow Arboretum in Bedale.

The planting programme is part of The Woodland Trust’s Jubilee Woods Project, which will mark the Queen’s landmark anniversary next year.

The youngsters were back at the 85-acre arboretum on Tuesday to plant an oak tree bred at the Royal Household Estate to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee. The arboretum’s curator, Faith Roskrow, said: “We feel very privileged to be recognised by the Woodland Trust to receive the donation of the Jubilee Oak as Thorp Perrow is one of only 60 sites across the UK to host a Diamond Wood – one tree to mark each year of Queen Elizabeth’s reign.”

The trees were donated by The Woodland Trust as part of a project to encourage people across the UK to plant six million trees as a lasting tribute to Queen Elizabeth II’s reign.

The arboretum lays claim to being one of the nation’s finest private collections of trees and shrubs.

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