STAFF and directors from a property experts company have planted the first of a range of trees to help the Royal Forestry Society’s (RFS) Hockeridge and Pancake woods better survive climate change.
Leaders Romans Group (LRG) is donating more than 25,000 trees as part of a GreenTheUK initiative, with chiefs also planting a deodar cedar on an educational species trail within Pancake Wood.
It comes shortly after the two forests, on the border between Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire, were chosen as part of a nationwide network of 70 Ancient Woodlands to be dedicated to The Queen in celebration of the Platinum Jubilee.
David Wilson, chief operating officer at LRG, said: “LRG is really proud to be supporting this important initiative.
“We plant a tree for each home we sell or let across the UK.
“Our other environmental initiatives include renewable energy used across most of our offices and boards made of recycled material (and then recycled again).
“GreenTheUK and the RFS are great partners and make it really easy for us to support this worthy project.”
English oak were the first trees to be planted in an area where mature Norway spruce have recently been harvested. They will be joined by a range of broadleaved and conifer species chosen to withstand the likely changes in temperature and rainfall in the next 50–80 years.
RFS development manager, Jen Turner, said: “It is vitally important that we plant now for the future.
“Climate change is threatening many of the trees we used to rely on as woodland trees.
“Restocking is an ideal time to start to adapt woodland for the future by incorporating a wide diversity of species.”
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