The Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC) is a unique tree planting initiative created to mark Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022 which invites people from across the United Kingdom to “Plant a Tree for the Jubilee.”
Everyone from individuals to Scout and Girlguiding groups, villages, cities, counties, schools and corporations are encouraged to play their part to enhance our environment by planting trees during the official planting season between October to March. Tree planting will commence again in October 2022, through to the end of the Jubilee year.
With a focus on planting sustainably, the QGC encourage planting of trees to create a legacy in honour of The Queen’s leadership of the Nation, which will benefit future generations.
Putnoe Heights are enthusiastic about playing a part in this celebration but we thought long and hard about where we might plant a tree on our limited space. Then Bedford Borough Council organized a big giveaway of trees and hedgerow shrubs and we realized that we could plant a wildlife friendly hedgerow along the back of the car park.
Planting trees provides such a boost to the local environment, from helping to tackle climate change, making the local area more beautiful, improving health and wellbeing, and creating better habitats for local wildlife. Over this year's planting season, the Council and its partners have been involved in the planting of over 10,000 trees across the Borough.
A team of Putnoe Heights volunteers gathered in the car park on a Saturday morning to plant the hedge and tidy the border, We now await the results in the next year or two.
A prayer for our hedgerow:
“Lord we thank you for all who have given us this hedgerow. For the Queen’s Green Canopy organizers, the Borough who arranged the distribution of trees and for the team who have planted it. Grant that, in time, it will flourish and provide shelter and food for birds, insects and other wildlife as an example of your loving kindness to our church and our planet. Amen”
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