East plays huge role in record-breaking Jubilee tree planting
Thousands have been planted in our region
Thousands of trees have been planted in the East to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee this summer, and help tackle climate change.
More than 80,000 saplings have been given out by the Woodland Trust in the East since the launch of the scheme.
Over 538 organisations have been involved so far.
In Norfolk, 9195 trees have been handed out to 60 organisations, in Suffolk that was 9615 trees for 60 organisations, and Essex had a huge 16945 trees split between 116 organisations.
The figures come as applications for more trees are due to open next month.
Woodland Trust senior project lead Vicki Baddeley said surpassing the previous spring delivery record by just over 106,000 for a total of 623,910 trees was “wonderful”.
“We strongly believe everyone should have the opportunity to plant a tree, and our spring planters are really showing us how it's done,” she added.
“We're seeing such a wide range of motivations for communities to take the simple, positive action to plant trees.
"They're getting their hands dirty to combat climate change, support local wildlife, green up their local spaces, boost their wellbeing, and celebrate the Queen's Jubilee to name but a few!”
The trees were sent out as part of the Woodland Trust’s Big Climate Fightback where the UK’s largest woodland conservation charity encourages people to plant trees at events, at home and with their school or community to help fight climate change.
A total of 3,865 schools and community groups received packs and will be joining the fight by sharing their tree planting stories and photos with us on social media using #BigClimateFightback.