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Queen’s Green Canopy – Shropshire update

Queen’s Green Canopy – Shropshire update

Shropshire’s Queen’s Green Canopy campaign has been given a huge boost thanks to a generous legacy from the late Richard Mayall and his wife Anne who lived near Harmer Hill

As from January 2022 anyone in the county wishing to plant a tree at home as part of the Queen’s Green Canopy can collect a tree for free, together with a stake and tie from Shrewsbury Town Council’s Weeping Cross Nursery, SY5 6HT or Prees Heath Nursery, Whitchurch, SY13 2HR. Please reserve your free tree, while stocks last, by filling in the simple form on Shrewsbury Town Council website. Those wishing to purchase a plaque can do so for £30 via Shropshire Bowling and Trophy Centre, Milk St, Shrewsbury  01743 369688. Alternatively you can use the free-of-charge virtual plaque when confirming your location of planting on the QGC Website.   

Due to the uptake of the free Trees under the Mayall legacy, stocks have now run out but will be available again in the Autumn

In Addition to the above, free trees, stakes and plaques for Parishes and Community Groups are available via Dan Wrench at Shropshire Council. Contact dan.wrench@shropshire.gov.uk or 01743 258 511.  These are still available.

The Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC) is a National project that the Shropshire Lieutenancy together with Shropshire County Council and Telford and Wrekin Council are supporting locally. It has been rolled out across Shropshire and the rest of the UK during the planting season from October 2021 to December 2022. This will be a long-lasting and valuable way to mark The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022. The Lieutenancy and the Councils are keen to help ensure that as many trees as possible are planted for the Canopy in Shropshire.

This initiative will promote the importance of trees for the environment in a sustainable and relevant way and, it is hoped, thousands of trees will be planted across the county as a lasting legacy. Each planting can be commemorated by marking it on the map on the Queen’s Green Canopy website

Richard Mayall’s daughter Ginny said “This is open to anyone and everyone who has space or can find space to plant an appropriate tree. Our mission is to get Shropshire firmly onto the QGC map. My parents loved and valued the natural world and were deeply concerned about the loss of biodiversity in the UK. They would have been delighted to see native trees being planted all over Shropshire. We welcome everyone to get involved.”

Put Shropshire on the QGC Map

Plant a tree for the Jubilee

**Register your planting on the QGC Map at www.queensgreencanopy.org**

QGC County Lead – Robert Bland DL robert@oakleysgroundcare.co.uk 

Queen’s Green Canopy Tree Planting across the County

The Lord-Lieutenant of Shropshire, Anna Turner & Ginny Mayall
The Lord-Lieutenant of Shropshire, Anna Turner & Ginny Mayall

The Lord-Lieutenant of Shropshire and Ginny Mayall who’s father left a legacy that has helped Shropshire residents fulfil Her Majesty’s desire to plant trees to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee.

Lord-Lieutenant of Shropshire, QGC Tree planting, Norton in Hales Primary School
Lord-Lieutenant of Shropshire, QGC Tree planting, Norton in Hales Primary School
Never too Young to Plant a Tree for the Jubilee
Never too Young to Plant a Tree for the Jubilee
Moreton Hall QGC Tree Planting for the Jubilee
Moreton Hall QGC Tree Planting for the Jubilee
T & W Council's QGC Tree Planting
T & W Council's QGC Tree Planting
Robert Bland DL, Shropshire's County lead for QGC with Mike Pugh
Newport Town Mayor Cllr Lyn Fowler, Deputy Town Mayor Cllr Ian Perry, Town Clerk Sheila Atkinson and Deputy-Lieutenant of Shropshire, Ian Sawers
Newport Town Mayor Cllr Lyn Fowler, Deputy Town Mayor Cllr Ian Perry, Town Clerk Sheila Atkinson and Deputy-Lieutenant of Shropshire, Ian Sawers
QGC Tree Planting at Albrighton Church
QGC Tree Planting at Albrighton Church
QGC Panting Shropshire
School Children from Lydbury North Primary school together with the Archdeacon of Ludlow planting an Almond Tree.
QGC Planting Shropshire
Mike Sadowski from Axcesstree who has donated 100 trees to the RJAS Hospital to be planted around the site
QGC County Lead, Robert Bland DL & Shropshire Council Chairman Vince Hunt
QGC County Lead, Robert Bland DL & Shropshire Council Chairman Vince Hunt
The Royal Oak at Boscobel House, Shropshire
The Royal Oak at Boscobel House, Shropshire recognised by Prince Charles as one of the 70 ancient at important trees under the QGC
Veronica Lillis DL with Headmaster of Oswestry School, Peter Middleton
Veronica Lillis DL with Headmaster of Oswestry School, Peter Middleton