Tree Planting in Great Bowden

Massive  thanks to Leicestershire County Council for the hedge whips and FCC for  their carpark  near the A6 access to Welham lane (no through road).  Lookout for the banners on your left by the car park entrance. A shuttle  bus  is being arranged to provide easy access to this isolated site  near the Langton Brook as there is almost no space for parking. Please  bring a spade and your refereshments. It's Harborough Woodland Community  Volunteers third birthday this month.

Our volunteers planted 5000  tree whips on this site in January and hope to plant another 2500 on  Saturday 25 February. That's a total of about 1.5 kilometers of a new  fruit and nut hedge for wildlife as a wonderful long forest connecting  existing hedges. The roots and soil in one meter of mature hedge act as a  sponge and can adsorb and slowly release about 3 to 5 tonnes or cubic  metres or 3,000 to 5,000 litres of water (ref hedgelink.org.uk) so  reduce flash flood risk during a storm. 1.5km is approximately  equivalent to 4500  to 7500 cubic meters of temporary storage capacity.