Grant will allow more tree-planting for town

Trowbridge has already planted hundreds of trees in less than a year

A town will be able to enact the next phase of a project after it was awarded a grant for planting more trees.

The grant from the Trees for Climate programme will go towards the Trowbridge Green Thread project, named to the reflect Trowbridge's weaving history.

Since spring 2024, about 400 trees have been planted in the town as well as thousands of whips, which are smaller tree seedlings.

The town council said this time it will invest in some bigger tree guards after some trees were damaged during the first phase.

Part of the national Government-led Nature for Climate fund, Trees for Climate is a woodland creation programme which is taking place across England's Community Forests.

Planting has happened in parks, allotments and green spaces like Biss Meadows, Paxcroft Brook Open Space and the Sensory Garden as well as fruit trees for The Mead School and Castle Mead School.

The council added it had wanted to plant more trees in urban areas, but could not get permission from landowners for all the places suggested by residents.