Do you want up to 150 FREE trees?

Do you want up to 150 FREE trees?

It could form the basis of a community project, a day of action to encourage volunteering or a community clean up.  It might be a good chance to use your composting skills to develop a community garden scheme or tidy up an area of waste land.  It may be helpful to spruce up a community building or help an old peoples home improve their grounds.

The Shropshire Community Tree Scheme is simple and free.  It aims to support tree planting in Shropshire. It enables parish tree wardens, schools, environmental and community groups, Parish and Town Councils, farmers and landowners to apply for native trees and shrubs free of charge. In fact the scheme is open to anyone who wants to plant trees in a location where they will be readily visible to the public and enhance the landscape and character of the area.

The trees that we supply are usually small bare-rooted transplants, between 40 and 90cm tall. Rabbit spirals and canes can also be included to help protect against damage from rabbits and field voles, which could otherwise eat the foliage and gnaw the stems of the young trees.

You can apply online simply by clicking here

They can post them out or arrange a convenient pick up spot for you to collect them.