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Lord Mayor is Rooting for Sheffield Homes Tree Planting Scheme
Sheffield’s Lord Mayor Cllr Arthur Dunworth and the Lady Mayoress Cllr Mrs Kathleen Chadwick will be donning gardening gloves with spades at the ready, when they prepare to dig in and help Shooters Grove School pupils and the local Tenants’ and Residents’ Association plant Whitebeam, Rowan and Magnolia trees on the green space area between Deer Park Road and Deer Park Close, Stannington, on Friday 25 January at 11am.
This is part of an ongoing partnership between Sheffield Homes and Sheffield City Council’s Trees & Woodland’s department over a strategic tree renewal programme. It is being delivered through community forestry projects to target those areas where further tree planting will bring about positive enhancement of people’s surroundings and benefits to both the immediate and wider environment.
Lord Mayor Councillor Arthur Dunworth says: “We continue to work closely with Sheffield Homes to keep our local areas clean and green. The trees that have been chosen for this scheme will bring the maximum benefits to local people and the environment. This initiative will help towards making the city an even nicer place to live for today’s residents and future generations.”
Jez Platts, Sheffield City Council Community Forester, says: “Community forestry is all about involving everybody in contributing to the regeneration of Sheffield's all important urban forest in order for current and future generations to enjoy.”
Sheffield Homes North West Area Manager, Surjan Tiwana says: ‘We have planted around 400 trees in the area over the last 12 months and this has been welcomed by all our tenants and residents. Following on from last year’s success we are keen to work once again with Sheffield City Council and local communities to identify areas where we can plant new trees and improve the existing stock. We see this as an excellent way of getting young people interested in the environment and the neighbourhood. “