{"id":1308,"date":"2022-03-03T17:07:20","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T17:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reimaginingthelevels.org.uk\/?p=1308"},"modified":"2022-08-15T14:39:08","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T13:39:08","slug":"reimagining-the-levels-tree-planting-update-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reimaginingthelevels.org.uk\/?p=1308","title":{"rendered":"Reimagining the Levels Tree Planting Update 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\nReimagining the Levels has partnered again with the Somerset Rivers Authority and FWAG for the 2021\/22 planting season and together have enabled over 40 landowners and community groups who fit the Water Management Scheme criteria to plant much needed trees and hedgerows.  This is a tremendous scheme that is really making a difference to the landscape and water pathways of Somerset and we are grateful for the continued support these two organisations have given us.  \n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mendip\nDistrict Council have given us a grant for small landowners to plant trees,\nshrubs and hedgerows (without the need for the water management criteria) and\nwe have had a good take up for this.  This comes as no surprise; the Mendips\nare experiencing a shocking rate of Ash dieback that watchful landowners are\nkeen to remedy.  Both schemes are generous, offering a site visit to\nadvise on the best planting and position, help with the application, free quality\ntrees, guards and stakes plus a small remuneration for each tree or metre of\nhedge planted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The lorry\ndriver shortage and pandemic has meant there have been challenges getting both\nthe trees and the guards and stakes delivered but with a little ingenuity this\nhas been managed.  Thanks must go to one of our landowners who has allowed\nus the use of their barn to store the guards and stakes; this makes life\nconsiderably easier for getting them where they are needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Huge thanks\nagain to the Woodland Trust who have provided most of the trees for our nursery,\nbeautiful healthy and strong saplings packed and delivered with care.  Thanks to James and Emily Chapman for\nallowing us the use their land for the nursery and to our trusty volunteers who\nhave kept the nursery in good condition, turned up at short notice to deal with\na delivery, \u2018heeled\u2019 them in for their temporary stay and helped with digging\nback up, labelling and bagging for collection by the landowners for their\npermanent homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So far over\n30000 strong and healthy trees and shrubs have left our nursery to take up\npermanent residence in land across Somerset, and we hope to more or less double\nthat by the end of the season.  Our volunteers have been helping out with\nplanting too; groups of 20 plus have planted hedges and trees in all sorts of beautiful\nsettings and had immensely enjoyable days. \nWhy not join us, spend a day in the open doing something physical and\nworthwhile.  You will get to meet a range\nof interesting people and create some great memories, ones that will last\ntoo.  And of course children are actively\nencouraged, we have bought some child sized spades for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you would like to be added to our volunteer mailing list, do get in touch.  If you would like to know about planting trees, shrubs or hedges on your land please contact us<\/strong>.  Either use the RtL contact us, or email katetowers.rtl@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reimagining the Levels has partnered again with the Somerset Rivers Authority and FWAG for the 2021\/22 planting season and together have enabled over 40 landowners and community groups who fit the Water Management Scheme criteria to plant much needed trees and hedgerows.  This is a tremendous scheme that is really making a difference to the landscape […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"\n

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\n\nReimagining the Levels has partnered again with the Somerset Rivers Authority and FWAG for the 2021\/22 planting season and together have enabled over 40 landowners and community groups who fit the Water Management Scheme criteria to plant much needed trees and hedgerows.  This is a tremendous scheme that is really making a difference to the landscape and water pathways of Somerset and we are grateful for the continued support these two organisations have given us.  \n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mendip\nDistrict Council have given us a grant for small landowners to plant trees,\nshrubs and hedgerows (without the need for the water management criteria) and\nwe have had a good take up for this.  This comes as no surprise; the Mendips\nare experiencing a shocking rate of Ash dieback that watchful landowners are\nkeen to remedy.  Both schemes are generous, offering a site visit to\nadvise on the best planting and position, help with the application, free quality\ntrees, guards and stakes plus a small remuneration for each tree or metre of\nhedge planted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The lorry\ndriver shortage and pandemic has meant there have been challenges getting both\nthe trees and the guards and stakes delivered but with a little ingenuity this\nhas been managed.  Thanks must go to one of our landowners who has allowed\nus the use of their barn to store the guards and stakes; this makes life\nconsiderably easier for getting them where they are needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Huge thanks\nagain to the Woodland Trust who have provided most of the trees for our nursery,\nbeautiful healthy and strong saplings packed and delivered with care.  Thanks to James and Emily Chapman for\nallowing us the use their land for the nursery and to our trusty volunteers who\nhave kept the nursery in good condition, turned up at short notice to deal with\na delivery, \u2018heeled\u2019 them in for their temporary stay and helped with digging\nback up, labelling and bagging for collection by the landowners for their\npermanent homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So far over\n30000 strong and healthy trees and shrubs have left our nursery to take up\npermanent residence in land across Somerset, and we hope to more or less double\nthat by the end of the season.  Our volunteers have been helping out with\nplanting too; groups of 20 plus have planted hedges and trees in all sorts of beautiful\nsettings and had immensely enjoyable days. \nWhy not join us, spend a day in the open doing something physical and\nworthwhile.  You will get to meet a range\nof interesting people and create some great memories, ones that will last\ntoo.  And of course children are actively\nencouraged, we have bought some child sized spades for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you would like to be added to our volunteer mailing list, do get in touch.\u00a0 If\u00a0you would like to know about planting trees, shrubs or hedges on your land please contact us<\/strong>.\u00a0 Either use the RtL contact us, or email katetowers.rtl@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-annoucements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reimaginingthelevels.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reimaginingthelevels.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reimaginingthelevels.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reimaginingthelevels.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reimaginingthelevels.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1308"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/reimaginingthelevels.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1421,"href":"https:\/\/reimaginingthelevels.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1308\/revisions\/1421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reimaginingthelevels.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reimaginingthelevels.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reimaginingthelevels.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}