Carlisle City Council celebrates national tree festival
(Date of issue: Thursday, 20 November 2008)
As part of National Tree Week (26 November – 7 December), local
volunteers and school children will be helping Carlisle City
Council plant more than 1,000 trees.
Organised by the Tree Council, National Tree Week is a festival
to mark the start of the tree planting season and is a nation-wide
celebration of trees and woodlands.
National Tree Week is a great chance for communities to do
something positive for their local environment. Each year,
organisations such as voluntary bodies and local authorities, up to
200 schools and community groups, and many others, support the
initiative by setting up fun, worthwhile and accessible events,
inspiring upward of a quarter of a million people to get their
hands dirty and together plant around million trees.
The Countryside Section of Carlisle City Council have organised
a number of events this year and have invited groups from schools,
voluntary organisations and community groups to take part. The
events will be held in three of the Nature Reserves and green
spaces, which the Countryside section manages. The National Tree
Week programme is as follows (please note that these events are
not open to the general public):
- Wednesday, 26 November - 9.30am and 1.30pm - Kingmoor Nature
Reserve with Austin Friars School, meeting at the end of Westmoor
Road;
- Thursday, 4 December - 10am and 1pm - Cummersdale Holmes with
Cumbria Care and James Rennie School, meeting at the end of Holme
Head Way;
- Friday, 5 December –10am - Cummersdale Holmes with Cummersdale
School, meeting by the Cummersdale path bike inhibitor; and
- Saturday, 6 December – 10am - Rickerby Park with the Carlisle
Guides and the Houghton Guides, meeting in the riverside car
park.
Around 1,700 trees, including Oak, Ash, Hawthorn, Blackthorn and
Crab Apple trees, will be planted. For further details on the above
events or for tips on how to plant your own trees contact Carlisle
City Council on 01228 618552, or visit the Tree Council’s website -
www.treecouncil.org.uk