Westonbirt , The National Arboretum , in partnership with the charity The Friends of Westonbirt Arboretum , is delighted to announce that they have so far raised nigh half of the £ 750,000 butt towards the ‘ Silk Wood Community Planting Project , ’ to restore an area of woodland within the botanical garden .
Included in the funding is a £ 249,359 grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund , made possible by money enkindle by National Lottery players , along with £ 50,000 financing from Garfield Weston Foundation , £ 50,000 from the Friends of Westonbirt Arboretum , £ 5,600 from MillerKnoll , £ 3,000 from D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust .
This project will help defeat the wallop of tree diagram felling in 2020 due to Chalara ash tree dieback through this exemplary re-formation and replanting of approximately 9,000 tree diagram within the Silk Wood area of the arboretum .
A fundamental aspect of this workplace is that the local residential area will be actively involve over the next three years . Instead of working with local contractors on the replanting , Westonbirt has chosen to use this undertaking as a way to enlist hundreds of local masses . The project will target young people , the great unwashed from deprived background , those with neurodiverse conditions , and people of a across-the-board range of ethnicities to be part of this journeying . They will be invited to take part alongside Westonbirt ’s team in the design , pick of trees , ground glade and preparation , tree planting , and succeeding care of this beautiful woodland .
Commenting on the grants received , Oscar Adams , Project Manager at Westonbirt , whose persona has been fund by the Friends of Westonbirt Arboretum , said :
“ We are thrilled to have received this musical accompaniment for our Silk Wood Community Planting Project and give thanks all the funders for their support . Having secure this money , we can now levy project staff and plan our commencement on the restitution of Silk Wood . We are so unrestrained to be make this a biotic community project and are looking forward to working with volunteers , local community groups , and schools to design , plant life , and repair this beautiful woodland for succeeding generations . ”
Stuart McLeod , Director of England - London & South at The National Lottery Heritage Fund , said :
“ It ’s fantastic that we ’ve been able to support this important project thanks to National Lottery players . It will not only reconstruct lose habitats but also engage novel audience in the open air and the work at Westonbirt . We ’re incredibly proud to be play a role in ensuring our natural inheritance is safeguarded for generations to come , but also that the task we fund give citizenry a probability to connect with nature and wildlife on their doorsteps – this undertaking is a slap-up deterrent example of this . ”
project like this are a great example of the work Westonbirt is doing to present their 10 - year visual sensation by connect more people with trees to better the quality of life through education , conservation , and participation . This exciting project is still in its audience and fundraising stage , as more funding is needed to complete this three - year task . The first phase of tree planting is due to begin this fall and winter .
The team calculate forrard to share more news about this labor as it evolves , explaining how you could abide this regeneration projection that is endow local community at Westonbirt Arboretum .
For more information : Forestry EnglandForestryengland.uk/westonbirt/
