A COUPLE in their seventies who gave-up an acre of land for tree planting a decade ago have issued a warning after being left to maintain the woodland site. Mary Elliott and her husband Martin Harwood offered the field beside their home in response to a search for suitable sites by the Forest of Bradford project. Hundreds of trees were subsequently planted and initially their upkeep was overseen by the project, which is run by Bradford Environmental Action Trust (BEAT). But now the couple – of Hob Cote Lane, Oakworth – have been told that in the absence of any contract, the organisation is no longer responsible for looking after the woods.
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MORE than 715,000 trees have now been planted across the district as part of Forest of Bradford’s goal of one million. Planting by staff and volunteers has resumed, with socially-distanced planting at sites including Low Wood in Riddlesden, where between 300 and 400 trees have recently planted. “To reach 715,000 is brilliant, and a lot of people have benefitted from the trees,” said Jacob Silver, environmental officer with Bradford Environmental Action Trust (BEAT), of which Forest of Bradford is part. “Understandably there has been a lull with the pandemic, so it is good to get things up and running again. “Before lockdown we limited the number of volunteers at planting sessions to six on a morning and six on an afternoon, which over a weekend was 24 people, so we got quite a lot done while keeping safe.”
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