The Woodland Trust has been working with South West Forest to help children in the now famous village of Boscastle to replace trees swept away in the notorious flood last August.
Picturesque Boscastle made national headlines last summer when torrential rains broke the banks of the river, flooding the village, destroying homes and turning roads into lakes. The village has since become even more well known following its appearance in the BBC series, A Seaside Parish.
The partnership between the Woodland Trust and South West Forest will form part of the Tree For All campaign and will lead to the planting of 1,000 trees in the region.
For the 30 children from the primary school in Boscastle it was a supremely positive act. All the trees have been planted by hand and are about 200 yards away from the river that had washed many trees downstream last August.
Paul Bunton of the Woodland Trust said, “Planting trees is always a very optimistic act but at Boscastle, it is extremely poignant. The people in the village must have been devastated by the floods and to be able to play even a very small part in its recovery is a real privilege. We’re so pleased that our work with South West Forest made this possible.”
