Local people are being invited to pull on their boots, pick up a spade and help plant a new copse of 2,000 trees as part of the Treemendous York project, celebrating its first anniversary this week and of which City of York Council is a founder member.

The Conservation Volunteers (formerly BTCV) on behalf of Treemendous York has secured a £25,000 grant for tree planting in York and one of the sites is a council-owned riverside plot south east of the Millennium Bridge sometimes referred to as Fulford Ings.

The community tree planting event which is open to all will happen on Saturday 24 November from 10.30am – 3pm, to which everyone is welcome.

The Conservation Volunteers York team has been preparing the site with local volunteers, the York Green Gym Group, which has erected rabbit-proof fencing and pedestrian access gates. The group will also start and finish off the planting.

The trees planted will include indigenous wetland species such as willow, alder and birch, as well as native woodland saplings including oak, hazel and blackthorn.

Anyone interested in joining the Treemendous York team can contact the council on 01904 551551 or visit Facebook/CityOfYorkCouncilRangerService