Trees

Leicestershire County Council has once again teamed up with the Woodland Trust to increase the number of trees and hedges across the county. 

Thousands of trees have been planted across England as part of the Capability Brown Festival, which last year celebrated the 300th anniversary of the birth of Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown, the man who shaped much of the British landscape as we know it today. 

  We all think of grass and flowers as setting off our hay fever in the summer, but surprisingly 1 in 4 of us are triggered by pollen from the trees as early as February or March!

ISBN: 9780857843265 Price: £24.99 Hardback: 224 pages www.greenbooks.co.uk  “If you look at it the right way, the whole landscape is an orchard!” Naomi Slade (Author). 

The Duke of Marlborough has paid tribute to his forestry foreman Nick Baimbridge after he received a Long Service Award from the Royal Forestry Society, praising him as the ‘quintessential carer’ of the Estate's woodlands and landscape. 

The Foundation are delighted to have been awarded a grant by the National Forest Company under its Changing Landscapes Scheme to plant 2,000 broadleaf trees and shrubs creating new wildlife habitats and parkland areas for visitors and users at the Foundation to enjoy.