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The whips have been planted in an area of open space at the junction
of Malborne Way with the Fletton Parkway. Whips are very young trees
comprising a single stem with no side-branches, making them ideal
for densely populating an area with trees very quickly.
The city
council runs a programme of tree-planting each year between November
and February to replenish and increase tree stocks. This year, in
addition to the whips, semi-mature trees are being planted in
locations across the city including Walton Recreation Ground; Sugar
Way and The Dell, Woodston; Hodgson Avenue, Werrington; Stanground,
and Hawthorn Road in Dogsthorpe, where five Hawthorn trees were
planted.
Councillor
Matthew Lee, Peterborough City Council's deputy leader and cabinet
member for environment capital, said: "The tree planting programme
is an excellent initiative which makes the city a greener and more
attractive environment, as well as helping to increase levels of
biodiversity in this area. It's another excellent example of the
work taking place which adds to Peterborough's growing reputation as
the UK's environment capital."
Andy
Turner, the city council's parks, trees and open spaces manager,
said: "For every healthy tree which we have to remove, for example
in the case of a subsidence claim, we replace it with at least two
more suitable trees. When we plant new trees, we look at which
variety of tree is best suited to the location and this is then the
type we use.
"Trees
provide an important source of oxygen and it's important for us to
continually replenish our tree stock in the city, increasing it
where possible."
January 2010 -
Peterborough UK Community Website
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