A new woodland to be planted in Chew Valley will be the size of Winnie-The-Pooh’s Hundred Acre Wood with 40,000 trees being planted to reduce floods, capture carbon and boost wildlife. Local charities Avon Needs Trees and the Forest of Avon Trust have appealed for volunteers to come forward to help plant the huge number of trees.
The new Great Avon Wood will be near Pensford, just south of Bristol and will consist of three linked woodland sites. Avon Needs Trees director Dave Wood, who is managing the project, said: “This is our biggest and most ambitious project to date and we need people to join the growing community to plant and care for the Great Avon Wood.”
The project has been awarded funding from The West of England Combined Authority (WECA) Green Recovery Fund and funding for the land purchase has been provided through the Forest of Avon Trust (as one of England’s Community Forests) through their Trees for Climate Programme. Funding has also been provided by The National Lottery Heritage Fund and the Woodland Trust.
