A project to plant nearly 6,000 new trees all over the Sharpham Estate comes to a close this month.
Sharpham staff and volunteers worked with our nature-restoration partners (and Sharpham Estate residents) Ambios Ltd to plant historic, in-field and orchard trees, as well as more than 5,000 whips - young trees.
Visitors to the Sharpham Estate will see lots of new tree-guards, which will protect the newly-planted trees as they grow larger.
The wildlife-supporting project linked Sharpham into the Plymouth and South Devon Community Forest - creating woodland canopy and connected ecosystems across a swathe of Devon.
The project's end is about to be celebrated with a ceremony at Ambios HQ at Lower Sharpham Farm, where they'll host an edition of their new and celebratory Breaking Bread event and thank project participants too.
Volunteers gave their time to the trees
The Sharpham Trust runs a volunteer scheme whereby people give their time and actively assist the charity in conserving and restoring the nature and heritage at Sharpham.
Volunteers worked (often in rainy & wet conditions) to plant and mulch the following array of native trees, which will provide food and shelter to birds, small mammals, insects and pollinators, as well as boosting biodiversity and helping to store carbon:
- Hazel
- Hawthorn
- Blackthorn
- Field maple
- Goat willow
- English oak
- Small-leaved lime
- Rowan
- Holm oak
- Black poplar
- Silver birch
- Aspen
- Whitebeam
- Crab apple
- Service tree
They planted:
- 278 in-field trees
- 124 historic trees
- 25 orchard trees
- 5462 whips
