Severn View Academy: Sapling planting with the help of Stroud Valleys Project and the Woodland Trust
CHILDREN at Severn View Academy continued their work on creating a valuable native hedgerow along the school boundary by planting saplings donated by the Woodland Trust.
Frank Miller from Stroud Valleys Project led the day, supplying tools and protective tubing for the young plants and engaging everyone in the process.
Trees are havens for wildlife, providing homes and food for caterpillars (leaves), insects (flowers, leaves), beetles and larvae (trunk, rotting wood) these in turn are food for animals and birds especially newly fledged youngsters or hungry chicks still in the nest.
In autumn and winter their fruits/berries and seeds provide a welcome meal for birds and animals, trees really are a very important part of the wild food chain.
We are all looking forward to caring for and watching our own special tree grow... and one day perhaps be taller than us?
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