Volunteers have planted more than 2,500 native trees on pasture in southwest England, part of a larger effort to recreate the temperate rainforest that once dominated much of the British Isles.
Volunteers have planted more than 2,500 native trees on pasture in southwest England, part of a larger effort to recreate the temperate rainforest that once dominated much of the British Isles.
The Devon Wildlife Trust aims to plant a total of 7,000 trees by the end of this winter, including oak, rowan, alder, hazel, birch, willow, and holly. Plantings will cover most of the site, which spans 75 acres.
“Crucial in this transformation have been local people who have worked so hard in all conditions to get the trees in the ground,” Claire Inglis, of the Devon Wildlife Trust, told The Guardian.
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Volunteers plant native trees on pasture in southwest England. (Photo Credit: Devon Wildlife Trust)
