New wood planted in Wymeswold



View of Wymeswold from new woodland

A new native woodland has been planted at Wymeswold with help from woodland charity the Woodland Trust.
The new two acre wood, planted with the help of the local community, consists of 750 trees - a mix of native deciduous species including Oak, Ash, Cherry and Hawthorne – in partnership with the Trust’s new MOREwoods programme, which offers help, advice and, in some cases, funding to landowners across the country.

Local landowner Kathy Simpson decided to have the wood planted on her land in the rural North Leicestershire village to “enhance the environment and leave something for the future.” However, without the expertise or finance to plant a wood herself, she contacted the National Forest, who then referred her to the Woodland Trust. After an inspection of the site, she was extremely pleased to receive 750 trees from the trust along with the necessary planning proposal.

Read more on this in the April/May issue of Village Connect (out end March).

To find out how you can get involved with MOREwoods in Leicestershire, see http://www.MoretreesMoregood.org.uk/planting, email morewoods@woodlandtrust.org.uk or call 0845 293 5689