Thousands of new trees have been planted in a ground-breaking new scheme.<br />To mark National Tree Planting Week, more than 3,300 young trees were planted in Old Bolingbroke on Monday November 29 by Ground Control – alongside volunteers from Openreach, Old Bolingbroke and Hareby Parish Council and the local community.<br />The woodland-creation project – started in response to the parish council’s plan to enhance the village’s King George V playing fields –aims to involve the local community in tackling the climate crisis, as well as increasing natural beauty and biodiversity in the area.<br />Twenty-three native tree species were planted on the day by the volunteers, including alder, black poplar, cherry and crack willow, and now form a series of interconnecting copses planted over an acre of land, with a further 445m of linked hedgerow shrubs
