7-year-old girl plants a tree on a busy street and leaves adorable note

She planted it to replace a tree which had been pulled up.

Published 24th Oct 2016

Young Arrabella Cornelius decided to use her pocket money to buy a tree and plant it in the middle of Oxford Street in London.

As children, most of us would spend our pocket money on sweets or toys, however 7-year-old Arrabella decided to do something a bit different with hers.

After seeing the existing tree had been removed by a vandal she decided to use her money to make something that would last forever.

The young girl has now acquired a new name for herself as the 'guerilla gardener'!

Her father Neil Cornelius, posted a picture of Arrabella, before they both set off in the direction of Oxford Street in the middle of the night.

After the tree in its place was vandalised Arrabella decided that she wanted to use her pocket money to buy a new one.

The little girl and her father left a heartwarming note on the tree, asking everyone to respect her new addition.

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Neil posted a video of his daughter on Instagram, showing Arrabella choosing her tree. He captioned the video, "Bella and I replaced a tree that some wally had pulled out of the ground (yes I must be mad)."

If you are around in central London, go out and find the tree which is near John Lewis on Oxford Street. Take a photo and pop it on Twitter or Instagram, with Bella's hashtag #mytreelondon, here are some people who have already done that.

With just one tree, Arrabella has taught London a lot about community values.