{"id":693,"date":"2019-08-04T20:57:31","date_gmt":"2019-08-04T19:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reimaginingthelevels.org.uk\/?p=693"},"modified":"2020-09-23T15:29:06","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T14:29:06","slug":"trees-for-somerset-trees-for-your-parish-conference-2nd-august-2019-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reimaginingthelevels.org.uk\/?p=693","title":{"rendered":"Trees for Somerset \u2013 Trees for your Parish\u00a0&#8211; Conference 2nd August 2019 \u2013 update\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221;]\n\t\t[et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;]\n\t\t\t[et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221;]\n<p>A hugely successful day with <strong>53 invested attendees<\/strong> at Walton Village Hall on a sunny Friday.&nbsp;Guest speaker Stephen Moss entertained by succinctly identifying the necessity of planting more trees on the upper catchment to assist in flood resilience, increase bio-diversity and human well-being with examples from his extensive experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul Sander-Jackson announced the launch of <strong>the Somerset Tree Planting Fund<\/strong>, (more details on our <a href=\"https:\/\/reimaginingthelevels.org.uk\/\">home page<\/a> &#8211; donate <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"here (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/cafdonate.cafonline.org\/10704#\/DonationDetails\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>) and Phil Stone presented his ideas on a <strong>Tree Planting Policy for Parish Councils<\/strong> to adopt.\u00a0 The multiple benefits of community woodlands and orchards were explored and the reasons why every Parish should have them discussed.\u00a0 People were asked to commit to <strong>ACTION<\/strong> on the learning taken from the day and we look forward to accounts of tree planting in our local parishes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout the day, attendees were refreshed by copious amounts of locally produced food and drink sourced exclusively from Somerset Local Food Direct <a href=\"https:\/\/www.localfooddirect.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/www.localfooddirect.co.uk\/ (opens in a new tab)\">https:\/\/www.localfooddirect.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tree Planting and Management Training days to be offered in September and October \u2013 watch this space.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column]\n\t\t[\/et_pb_row]\n\t[\/et_pb_section]","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A hugely successful day with 53 invested attendees at Walton Village Hall on a sunny Friday.&nbsp;Guest speaker Stephen Moss entertained by succinctly identifying the necessity of planting more trees on the upper catchment to assist in flood resilience, increase bio-diversity and human well-being with examples from his extensive experience. 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