17 February 2010
Kids join in Epping Forest hedge planting
Photo opportunity:
When - 10.30am 22 February 2010
Where - Great Gregories Farm, Great Gregories Ln, Theydon Bois,
Epping, Essex CM16 4EJ
What - Children from Theydon Bois Primary School join City
Corporation and Epping Forest staff to start this year’s planting
project.
Children from Theydon Bois Primary School will help to plant up
to 1,000 shrubs on the edge of Epping Forest on 22 February
2010.
The event is part of an on-going project to establish a new
indigenous hedge around the former farmland of Great Gregories to
improve the natural biodiversity of the Forest buffer land. It is a
joint scheme by the City of London Corporation, which manages
Epping Forest, and Epping Forest District Council.
Around 100 children will spend the day planting up around 800 to
1,000 - approximately 160 metres - of hawthorn, hazel, blackthorn
and other shrubs to create the mixed hedgerow. It is hoped that
through the project, the children to gain a greater understanding
and appreciation of their local environment.
Barbara Newman, Chairman of Epping Forest and Commons committee
for the City of London Corporation, said: "This is a great
opportunity for our staff to work with local children to help
improve the biodiversity of the countryside on their doorstep."
The City of London Corporation will provide the shrubs,
materials and staff to help with the planting.
Ends
Lesley Mair
Press Office
City of London Corporation
Guildhall, PO Box 270, London EC2P 2EJ
Tel 020 7332 3639
Mob 07785 528 453