Tress planted at Worcester Racecourse celebrate Queen's Platinum Jubilee
Eleven lime trees are being planted to form a grand avenue
Last updated 24th Feb 2022
Eleven trees are being planted at Worcester racecourse as part of celebrations for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.
Worcestershire County Cricket Club captain Brett D'Oliveira will be joined by the Mayor of Worcester, members of the local community and university students to plant lime trees to form a grand avenue at Pitchcroft.
The occasion will also mark Worcester becoming a Queen's Green Canopy "Champion City" which celebrates outstanding cities across the UK who have tress and woodland at the heart of their plans for green spaces.
The restoration of this special avenue reflects an extensive tree planting programme in Worcester, which aims to be carbon neutral by 2030.
Brett D’Oliveira said: “It is an honour to have been invited to join the Mayor of Worcester and students from the University of Worcester for the planting of trees in recognition of Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.”
The Mayor of Worcester, Cllr Stephen Hodgson, said: “It is a great honour for Worcester to be selected as a “Champion City” as part of The Queen’s Green Can-opy. The city is known for its loyalty to the Royal Family and our reputation as a green city, one that enjoys more than 548 hectares of tree cover and nestles among some of the country’s most beautiful countryside, is growing all the time.”
Plant a tree for the Jubilee
The Queen's Green Canopy was launched to invite people across the UK to "plant a tree for the Jubilee".
Over the next year, trees will be planted across Worcester's seven Queen Elizabeth II Fields in Trust sites and also hold a special planting ceremony at King George V playing fields, named in memory of The Queen’s grandfather.
The city recently planted 400 trees to mark the 400th anniversary of King James I putting his seal to the Charter that granted Worcester the rights and constitution which established the basis of its modern governance.
A further 1,500 saplings have just been planted to form a new edible hedgerow at the city’s Aconbury Orchard.
Later in the year a new woodland area will be created at Perdiswell in the north of the city with 1,000 new trees planted and a further 4,000 to follow before the end of 2024.