Delighted to have been invited onto BBC Radio Cambridgeshire’s Great Outdoors Show at the weekend with Richard ‘Spanners’ Ready, to talk about the Queen’s Green Canopy.

The Queen’s Green Canopy is part of the celebrations to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in June 2022, by planting trees across the country. Here in Cambridgeshire the project is supported by the Lord-Lieutenant Julie Spence. Three schools in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough (Spring Meadow in Ely, St Philip’s in Cambridge, and Woodston Primary in Peterborough) will receive a tree each out of the 70 being gifted to schools across the UK by the project nationally.

The County Council is encouraging local residents to take part too. Because the tree planting season starts in October now is the time to start planning. If you have a garden big enough for a tree then there’s advice on the County Council’s website on how to go about it. Schools, businesses, and parish councils are also being encouraged to join in.

The County Council will also be identifying land in its own ownership where larger scale tree planting projects can take place. These will be announced in the next month or so.

A map will be added to the national Queen’s Green Canopy website next month. Residents and organisations will be able to add their own planting projects so everyone can see what has been planted and where.