Andrew showing the children how to plant a tree
Delphine read a poem to celebrate the new trees
12 new varieties
A great team of volunteers!
Graham
Alex and Delphine
A fatsigiate Hornbeam
Ann-Marie and Debbie
The children had a fun day
Glorious weather for it!
In February 2025, PTP were joined by over 20 volunteers, plus children and teachers from Oreston Academy, to plant 12 new trees in Radford Park to help celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first tree being planted in the Radford Arboretum.
Read more about the history of the arboretum on their website or in a Diary of a Tree Warden, on The Tree Council's website.
PTP were invited by local residents Graham, Kevin and Jenny to plant new trees in the park and we were delighted we could help! The planting was funded by the Plymouth and South Devon Community Forest. Through the Community Forest, we were also able to obtain funding to replace the 2 benches which had been removed.
Project Info
Trees planted: 12
Planting season:
Planting seasons start October in the years shown and run to the following March.
Species planted:
- Malus transitoria
- Acer davidii ‘Viper’
- Prunus ‘Shirotae’
- Pyrus ‘Chanticleer’
- Sorbus aria ‘Majestica’
- Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’
- Tilia tomentosa
- Acer cappadocicum ‘Rubrum’
- Carpinus betulus Fasigiata
- Alnus rubra
- Prunus ‘Shirofugen’
- Sorbus commixta ‘Embley’