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Jul 2021
Harrogate council asking residents to donate saplings to plant around district
Once they are big enough, the council will plant them across the Harrogate district to enhance woodland areas. It has asked residents to bring the saplings to the council's nursery on Harlow Hill between 10am and 3pm from Monday to Friday.
Harrogate Borough Council is asking residents to donate oak or sycamore saplings that might be in their gardens.
Once the trees are big enough, the council will plant them across the Harrogate district to enhance woodland areas.
It has asked residents to bring the saplings to the council's nursery on Harlow Hill between 10am and 3pm from Monday to Friday.
The council tweeted:
"We need your help! If you have any oak or sycamore trees in your garden, we’d love it if you could dig up any saplings you might have, making sure they have a good root system and are placed in in a plant pot or wet newspaper."
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HBC is involved in the White Rose Forest, which is one of 10 community forests being created in England. It will span North and West Yorkshire.
The forest will consist of pockets of woodland rather than huge expanses and is part of the government’s commitment to increase UK tree planting to 30,000 hectares a year by 2025.
An HBC report in September 2020 identified 17.2 acres of council-owned land that could potentially be used to plant trees for the White Rose Forest.
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