Tree planting begins on Monday on the Ernest Cook Trust's Slimbridge Estate, creating Gloucestershire's first 'Diamond Woods' to celebrate the Queen's 60th year on the throne.
Thirteen acres of new woodland are being created on the Slimbridge Estate, near Berkeley. The areas will form part of 60 acres of new woods, with around 25,000 trees being planted on the Ernest Cook Trust's estates nationally.
The education charity is among the UK's top landowners – and the only one in Gloucestershire - selected to plant 60-acre Diamond Woods under the Woodland Trust's Jubilee Woods project.
The tree planting with children from Thornbury is a Diamond Jubilee double for the Ernest Cook Trust. The Trust was founded in 1952 by philanthropist Ernest Cook, a grandson of the travel company founder Thomas Cook.
Thirteen acres of new woodland are being created on the Slimbridge Estate, near Berkeley. The areas will form part of 60 acres of new woods, with around 25,000 trees being planted on the Ernest Cook Trust's estates nationally.
The education charity is among the UK's top landowners – and the only one in Gloucestershire - selected to plant 60-acre Diamond Woods under the Woodland Trust's Jubilee Woods project.
The tree planting with children from Thornbury is a Diamond Jubilee double for the Ernest Cook Trust. The Trust was founded in 1952 by philanthropist Ernest Cook, a grandson of the travel company founder Thomas Cook.