1000 Trees for Blantyre as part of Clyde Climate Forest

This weekend, children from High Blantyre Primary School, worked with staff from environmental charities Trees for Cities and TCV, to help plant more than 1000 trees in the Springwell area of Blantyre. 

The trees were planted as part of the larger Clyde Climate Forest project which aims to connect up existing woodlands, plant new forests and target urban tree plantings in areas vulnerable to climate impacts.

Local residents together with volunteers from Bonnie Blantyre and the Ahmaddiya Muslim Women’s Association also dug in to get the trees in the ground.  The planting event was supported by South Lanarkshire Council and will form part of the wider GCV Green Network.

The Clyde Climate Forest (CCF) was launched in June 2021 and since then the project has seen over 1.2 million trees planted in both urban and rural areas.

The local council have committed to supporting delivery of the Clyde Climate Forest and to embed CCF targets into their own plans and policies, helping toward the authorities own Net Zero ambitions.

South Lanarkshire Council have just signed a concordat agreement with the Clyde Climate Forest committing to help plant 18 million trees by 2031.