The first Lockdown Wood has been planted! About 40 people braved the winter chill today to plant 860 young trees in Westbrook Down, above Freeman's Marsh in Hungerford.
A most enjoyable morning was spent, and we all look forward to watching a beautiful wood growing here, replacing majestic ash trees which had to be felled due to ash die-back disease.
A ceremony will take place here in the spring, to dedicate individual trees to loved ones lost to covid-19, and to mark this as a memorial wood to this painful pandemic period.
Many thanks to all the volunteers involved, from HEAT, Newbury Friends of the Earth, St. Lawrence's Church and Hungerford Town & Manor as well as many locals.
Watch a fantastic video by Penny Post by following this link.