The Congleton Partnership is really excited to announce a new group with the ambitious task of planting 30,000 trees in Congleton. This will help Congleton Town Council reach its target of becoming carbon neutral by 2030.
A small group has been set up under the umbrella of the Congleton Sustainability Group (CSG) with the support of Cheshire Wildlife Trust and the advice of an experienced landscape architect to plan and manage the project. We are also working with Ruth Burgess, manager of Streetscape.
Aim: Our goal is to plant 30,000 trees in the Congleton area over the next 5 years. Some of these trees will be on land owned by Cheshire East (CEC), but ultimately we hope that private landowners and individuals will get involved. In the limited time available this year before our first planting opportunity (winter 2019-2020) we have identified 3 sites.
The sites are:
- Marshall Grove play area, Mossley – 137 trees
- Padgbury Lane – 278 trees
- Quinta Play area – 182 trees
Recording Document: We aim to keep an updated record of planting / planned planting so that everyone can see where we are at versus the planned target. If anyone plants a tree to support this initiative please let us know by emailing us on info@congleton-tc.gov.uk
Could you give some advice regarding the types of trees recommended for different areas, e.g. gardens.
Hi,
We believe we have space to plant more trees on Astbury Golf Course.
If the trees are provided, our volunteers will plant them.
Could you provide any further details/ commments
Thank you
John, does your offer still stand to plant trees at Astbury golf course?
Hi Christina,
If you let me have your email address I will pass it on to the person more qualified to give you the information.
My email is mike.smith@congleton-tc.gov.uk
Addressing number of trees planted along the link road, i copy a message recd from the contractor, would like to introduce myself, I am the Stakeholder and Communications Officer for the Congleton Link Road project.
I can confirm that approximately 15,000 new trees and shrubs of various species will be planted as part of the scheme. The trees will be in various stages of development including saplings to more established 3m high trees. We have already translocated several existing hedges to other areas to save them from been removed and 16km of new hedges will planted over the coming months.
The project has also seen us create 6 new newt ponds and wildlife habitats.,
Padgbury lane mitigation scheme did not include a single tree or shrub planting, may as part of this scheme particularly at the Sth end seek planting of trees and shrubs in the green space available assisting the enviroment clean air objectives
Thanks for the update!