Tiny patch of land the size of a tennis court becomes part of Welsh national forest

‘It will all take years … but it’s a brilliant idea', said volunteer planter Paul Sedgmond. Photograph: Handout

It may lack the majesty of the lovely ancient woodlands that cling to the slopes of Wales’ highest peaks or tumble into its deep river valleys.

But a small chunk of land in a park in the south Wales seaside town of Barry planted densely with trees has been selected to become part of the country’s national forest, a scheme to create a network of woodland running the length and breadth of the country.