Your Forest for Cornwall keeps growing

SPRING is now definitely with us, and what a great winter season it’s been for growing the Forest for Cornwall; the weather has been on everyone's side to get lots of trees in the ground.

- by SORCHA HITCHCOX Cornwall Council's Forest for Cornwall team

Forest for Cornwall aims to help everyone across Cornwall to plant trees in their local area - this includes parks, street trees, gardens, schools, orchards, and hedgerows, as well as supporting farmers to include trees in their current production. The winter season runs from November to the end of March, and planting during this time gives the young trees the best chance of establishing well.

Over this winter alone more than 50 new orchards have been planted on private land and by community groups. Just one example is the new orchard at Moor View, near Indian Queens. Thirty trees have been planted on the land that is part of a community initiative, which will see the resulting fruit made available for all to enjoy.

Each winter the Forest for Cornwall team has organised Back Garden Free Tree giveaways, and this year we were in Padstow, Helston, Bude, Launceston, Liskeard, Newquay, Falmouth, Redruth and Torpoint.