PRESS RELEASE – MORE TREES OPENS NEW CENTRAL TREE NURSERY

MORE TREES are Growing!

Local Bath charity MORE TREES is thrilled to announce the grand opening of its new Central tree nursery in Twerton Bath. This exciting event signifies a major milestone in the story of the charity and creates a permanent home, having been based with BANES Council Parks department for the last 3 years.   The organisation works with people to grow trees from locally collected seed and helps create “Treescapes” across Bath and North East Somerset (BANES), greening urban areas of the region.  Hundreds of volunteers support the work from collecting seed, sowing seeds, growing the saplings in 17 Community Tree Nurseries dotted around BANES, and planting in urban areas across the city and surrounding area.  This central hub nursery and base for MORE TREES will create a place where the collected seeds can be processed and sown before the seedlings are distributed to the community tree nurseries, including 6 in local schools where children look after the trees ready for the planting projects. It will enable the charity to grow and plant more trees and work with more people who want to improve their local environment and do something for nature and the climate.

MORE TREES are extremely grateful to the many local organisations who have been incredibly generous and given their time for free to make this project happen including Stride Treglown, Ethos |Environmental Consulting, BLB Solicitors and PlanningSphere.

Event Details

  • Date: 18th July
  • Time: 5pm – 7pm.  Speeches and ribbon cutting at 5.45pm
  • Location: Woodview Allotments, next to 101 Redland Park, Twerton, Bath BA2 1SJ

Event Highlights:

  • Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony: Join us at 5.45pm for the official ribbon-cutting ceremony, featuring speeches from Founder Adam Gretton and MORE TREES team.
  • NURSERY: The opportunity to see the new nursery with its inspiring wooden building created by Roundwood Design of Bristol.
  • Refreshments and Networking: Light refreshments while networking with the invited guests from partners, supporters, local community, local environmental organisations etc.

About MORE TREES: More Trees started planting trees across Bath and North East Somerset in 2008.  In 2021 we took the important decision to grow our own trees, trees grown from seed collected from our own local ancient and semi-natural woodlands helping to meet the increasing demand for local tree planting projects.

Our vision is of a dynamic and diverse tree rich landscape across Bath and North East Somerset and beyond.  We are building a community of people who together are learning  about trees, how to grow, plant and care for them to transform our local environment into the future.

We are pooling our knowledge, our resources and our time to grow good quality climate resilient trees with local provenance and low carbon footprint. We want to engage a wide range of people in our work. To support this, we have developed a unique model with a central nursery Hub supporting a network of community and school based tree nurseries.

Together we are investing in the future and making a real difference, improving the natural world around us and building our communities.

Quotes:

  • Adam Gretton Founder of MORE TREES and Chair of Trustees said:

“This is such a significant moment for us and will enable us to do more for local people and the local Environment.  It is the culmination of the efforts of so many people and shows that our work is supported and needed more than ever”

Media Contact: Richard Higgs Director

richard@moretrees.earth

Mobile: 07426 103261