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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Jamie Grierson

Thousands of trees planted in Devon to start creation of Celtic rainforest

Aerial view of fields and trees
The native trees have been planted this winter at Devon Wildlife Trust’s Bowden Pillars site. Photograph: Strutt & Parker

The first step towards creating a Celtic rainforest – a now extremely rare habitat that once covered large swathes of the west coast of Britain – has been completed in Devon.

More than 2,500 native trees have been planted so far this winter at Devon Wildlife Trust’s Bowden Pillars site, above the Dart valley and close to the green-minded market town of Totnes.

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