About this Event
Intro
Come and have a fun day with Protect Earth!
Protect Earth is a registered charity, helping farmers and landowners increase tree cover and biodiversity on their land. We plant trees on unused and degraded farmland, use trees to provide shade and shelter for crops and livestock, create wildflower meadows, and help with tree maintenance for saplings that are struggling.
What is happening?
This will be our second visit to this site, having planted 2000 saplings here last winter. These are thriving so we are planting 2700 more over these three days to further extend the nearby ancient woodland. The landowners are three individuals who have formed a not-for-profit community interest company (CIC). We will be planting planting native broadleaved trees for them with the primary aim of sequestering carbon as a contribution towards the climate crisis. The project will also increase biodiversity in a way that is sympathetic and sensitive to the locality. All those who volunteer will be welcome at any time to come and visit the site and observe the progress of the trees they have planted.
Full details about the event will be sent out a week before, including the address and meeting place.
We appreciate volunteers who are able to come for part of the day, a whole day or even the whole weekend, and children are welcome. We love it when the local community gets involved in their area, and also welcome guests from further away. It allows us to make new friends, catch up with friends we've made, and learn what people love about their communities while talking to them about enriching local biodiversity.
What do I need to bring/ know?
No previous experience is necessary, we’ll train you up and provide all the necessary equipment. Please come dressed for the weather.
We will provide tea, coffee, and biscuits to keep you going, but please bring your own lunch and snacks, and a refillable water bottle as there will be water available to top up.
Will there be parking?
- There is limited on-site parking
Whenever possible we encourage volunteers to car share, use public transportation, or even cycle, to keep emissions down and avoid stressing parking space.
What happens if we need to cancel?
Bad weather is difficult to plan for. In general, we will continue to plant if it’s raining, but if it’s looking dangerous or the ground is frozen we will have to cancel an event. We will try and notify you as soon as we possibly can, and you’ll be invited to the rescheduled event.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Stawley, Full address later, Wellington, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00
