Children plant hundreds of Twyford saplings
Pupils at The Colleton Primary School left the classroom behind to have some green-fingered fun last week, helping Wokingham Borough Council’s tree and landscape team plant 2,000 trees around the Twyford-based school.
The youngsters from across the Twyford school planted the trees with help from school staff and Wokingham Borough Council’s tree contractors as part of an on-going project to replace a conifer hedge around The Colleton Primary School.
A 200-metre long leylandii hedge was removed in October 2006 as it was preventing light from getting into houses near the school. It was also costly to trim and failed to meet the new high hedges’ legislation.
The council’s tree and landscape team agreed to take down the hedge but pledged to replace it with a more appropriate species of tree, so that residents could enjoy more sunlight but the school’s boundary fence was maintained.
Youngsters at the school in Colleton Drive gave a helping hand during the planting and are now waiting to watch the young trees grow to form a new hedgerow.
Cllr Simon Weeks, executive member for Twyford environment, said: “The planting of more than 2,000 trees around Colleton Primary School shows that Wokingham Borough Council is determined to tackle nuisance hedges blocking out residents’ sunlight but maintain the green environment.
“We would never want our residents’ quality of life to suffer but at the same time we do not want the green nature of the borough, which is enjoyed by residents, to disappear. This is a way of making sure neither residents’ enjoyment of the environment nor quality of life is compromised.”
Chris Wallis, headteacher of The Colleton Primary School, added: “The children really enjoyed being part of this project and helping the tree team plant so many trees. We look forward to seeing the trees grow over time to become a beautiful feature of our external environment.”
The youngsters from across the Twyford school planted the trees with help from school staff and Wokingham Borough Council’s tree contractors as part of an on-going project to replace a conifer hedge around The Colleton Primary School.
A 200-metre long leylandii hedge was removed in October 2006 as it was preventing light from getting into houses near the school. It was also costly to trim and failed to meet the new high hedges’ legislation.
The council’s tree and landscape team agreed to take down the hedge but pledged to replace it with a more appropriate species of tree, so that residents could enjoy more sunlight but the school’s boundary fence was maintained.
Youngsters at the school in Colleton Drive gave a helping hand during the planting and are now waiting to watch the young trees grow to form a new hedgerow.
Cllr Simon Weeks, executive member for Twyford environment, said: “The planting of more than 2,000 trees around Colleton Primary School shows that Wokingham Borough Council is determined to tackle nuisance hedges blocking out residents’ sunlight but maintain the green environment.
“We would never want our residents’ quality of life to suffer but at the same time we do not want the green nature of the borough, which is enjoyed by residents, to disappear. This is a way of making sure neither residents’ enjoyment of the environment nor quality of life is compromised.”
Chris Wallis, headteacher of The Colleton Primary School, added: “The children really enjoyed being part of this project and helping the tree team plant so many trees. We look forward to seeing the trees grow over time to become a beautiful feature of our external environment.”
Wokingham Borough Council ~ Twyford
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