Help maintan our new woodlands in Kirklees this Winter!

This woodland maintanance session forms part of the council’s wider woodland creation programme, funded by the White Rose Forest, which aims to help with nature recovery, work with volunteers and provide high quality woodlands for our communities across the borough.

This session will involve removing old tree guards from trees that have become established, straightening wonky guards/stakes on existing trees and removing weeds/vegetation & adding mulch around existing trees.

Please ensure you arrive ten minutes before the start time as there will be some guidance at the beginning of the session about how to plant the trees from the staff who will be delivering the session.

Please wear sturdy footwear, dress for the weather and bring your own refreshments.

Meeting Point / Parking – Limited parking is available on Haughs Road , nearest post code is HD3 4FB. Meeting point is at entrance to the site where the red star is on the map, What Three Words location is: ///enjoyable.faces.store

Bus 377/378 from Huddersfield Bus Station taking approximately 20 mins.

Tools, trees and gloves will be provided. Kirklees Council staff will be running this session and the contact on the day is Drew Duffield Tel: 07815 495649.

PHOTOGRAPHY &/OR FILMING will be taking place at this event.

Please note that photography may take place at this event for promotional and archival purposes.

The photographs may be used by Kirklees Council in print, on their website and on media channels.

If you would prefer not to be photographed, please let the photographer know or speak to event staff.

For further information please contact the Woodland Development team.

Additionally, please note, your email address will be kept on a list by the Woodland Development Team so that you can be notified of future events of a similar nature. Please let us know if you no longer wish to receive these emails by emailing us at Trees-Woodlands@kirklees.gov.uk.

For further information about Kirklees Council's woodland creation programme please follow this link: Woodland creation | Kirklees Council (https://www.kirklees.gov.uk/beta/countryside-parks-and-open-spaces/woodland-creation.aspx).

If you have any questions about this event please contact Trees-Woodlands@Kirklees.gov.uk

Description supplied by the event organiser.