Gold rush
Help needed to plant thousands of new trees
Autumn is here and the trees are showing their spectacular colours all around the countryside and towns. One of the best places to see the autumn colours is woods full of gorgeous native broadleaf trees like oak, ash and hornbeam like those being planted at Cefn Ila.
Coed Cadw (The Woodland Trust) is appealing for help to plant thousands of new trees at Cefn Ila on Saturday 15 November, to create more beautiful woodland for future generations to enjoy, and everyone is invited to get involved!
Tree planting at Cefn Ila is open to tree planters of all ages and is free to join in. It runs from 10.00 until 14.00. A free minibus will shuttle tree planters from the meeting point at the Usk campus of Coleg Gwent to and from Cefn Ila and plenty of Coed Cadw staff will be on hand to demonstrate how to plant a tree and answer questions. Coed Cadw will provide the trees and tools for everyone to really get stuck in!
“All you need to do is turn up bring warm clothes, stout shoes or boots and waterproofs if the weather looks iffy, and join in!” said Meriel Robson of Coed Cadw “And bring plenty of enthusiasm!”
Cefn Ila near the village of Llanbadoc by Usk is one of Coed Cadw’s newest woodland creation sites. With the help of local school children and communities, Coed Cadw has already planted over 20,000 new native trees at Cefn Ila, but there are still 15,000 left to plant. Coed Cadw firmly believes that all children should have the opportunity to plant trees, and Cefn Ila offers the perfect opportunity for local people of all ages to get involved in creating beautiful woodland for the whole community to enjoy.
To find out more about the planting day at Cefn Ila please contact Meriel Robson on 01873 831 858 or to find out more about Coed Cadw’s work in Wales and how you can get involved go to www.coedcadw.org.uk
For media enquiries contact:
Anna Heslop (Campaigns Officer Wales) on 08452 935 735 or 07824 416 518 annaheslop@woodlandtrust.org.uk
Or Rory Francis (Publicity and Public Affairs Officer for Wales) on 08452 935 738 or 07760 171174
Afallon, Tanygrisiau, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd LL41 3RH
Email roryfrancis@woodland-trust.org.uk
Coed Cadw (The Woodland Trust)
The Woodland Trust is the UK’s leading woodland conservation charity. It has 300,000 members and supporters. The Trust has four key aims: i) No further loss of ancient woodland; ii) Restoring and improving the biodiversity of woods; iii) Increasing new native woodland; iv) Increasing people’s awareness and enjoyment of woodland.
Established in 1972, the Woodland Trust now has over 1,000 sites in its care covering approximately 20,000 hectares (50,000 acres). These include over 100 sites in Wales, with a total area of 1,580 hectares (3,900 acres). It offers free public access to nearly all of its sites. Further news can be accesed via this website. The Trust adopted its Welsh language name in 2000: “Coed Cadw”. This is an old Welsh term, used in medieval laws to describe protected or preserved woodland.
