Wellow school children take part in tree planting project

Children from Wellow House School, and members of the parish council committee, schoolroom and heritage groups, attended a special tree planting at St Swithin’s Church.
By Shelley Marriott
Published 30th Sep 2021, 11:30 BST
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The event was part of ‘Miner2Major’, a landscape partnership scheme funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

The Sherwood Forest Trust are helping deliver the Heritage Trees project within the scheme and are organising ten community tree planting events.

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These planting events celebrate and commemorate well-known stories in local history and celebrate the contribution that trees make to our environment and culture.

The tree was planted at St Swithin’s Church in WellowThe tree was planted at St Swithin’s Church in Wellow
The tree was planted at St Swithin’s Church in Wellow

The tree planting in Wellow on September 7, was the fourth event of the project.

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