You don’t need to be a gardener to accept the invitation to ‘plant a tree for the Jubilee’, a catchy phrase asking all of us to join in creating the Queen’s Green Canopy by planting trees throughout the land.
It is a glorious project that began in October and as the tree planting season gathers pace so does the number of trees being added to the map which can be found on www.queenscaonopy.org. Will I add to this and pin Red House on the map with a tree? Yes, indeed and although I have yet to settle on a specific tree I do favour a holly which is as long lived as a mighty oak but very much smaller.
Nothing adds a sense of maturity to a garden like a tree even if the tree is a sapling for every tree that you plant, and I have planted over 50 here, is an affirmation of life and a promise to the future. You don’t need acres of land to plant a tree or even a garden like mine. My son Greg has a city garden but it is home to two multi-stemmed birches, three crab apple trees and two acers. There is also the espaliered apple tree ‘Scrumptious’ stretching out its…
