Every person who has died with Covid-19 in Wirral will be commemorated next to the borough’s main hospital.
The new woodland will be two hectares – around the size of two football pitches. It will be a living forest, with the aim of planting a tree for every person in Wirral who has died with the virus during the pandemic. To date, that figure is more than 1,100.
Funded through the Mersey Forest via their Trees for Climate programme, the new woodland will be based at Arrowe Country Park, adjacent to the site of the hospital which has played such a significant role in the borough’s response to the global health emergency. A community tree planting event is taking place tomorrow, to create the memorial woodland.
