FROM little acorns mighty oaks grow - well, it looks like this might be the case in Denbighshire!
Volunteers have helped collect over 1,000 acorns in a day to regenerate local biodiversity.
Denbighshire County Council’s biodiversity team recently led a seed collecting day local to the council tree nursery based at St Asaph.
Representatives from the council, the Wildlife Trust, Cofnod and a group of volunteers joined forces to collect acorns from local veteran oak trees.
Over 1,200 acorns were collected and taken back to the council’s tree nursery at St Asaph and potted to grow at the site before being distributed into Denbighshire’s biodiversity.
During the seed gathering day, those taking part also helped record the species and measurements of trees which will be added to the Woodland Trust’s Ancient Tree Inventory as veteran trees, many of which are several hundred years old.
The details were also added to a custom made monitoring app designed by the biodiversity team which will allow them to know the origin of every tree grown to help track from seed to final planting location.
Cllr Barry Mellor, Denbighshire's lead member for environment and transport, said: “We are really grateful to the volunteers and the organisations who helped us achieve this fantastic boost for our tree nursery project.
“Supporting and improving our local biodiversity is extremely important to us after declaring a climate and ecological emergency in 2019.
"All the volunteer support to help us grow the tree nursery project has been amazing and I look forward to seeing the site grow and contribute more towards preserving our local biodiversity.”
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Meanwhile, Vale of Clwyd MS Sam Rowlands has praised volunteers for helping collect over 1,000 acorns in a day.
He said: “I was delighted to hear about Denbighshire County Council’s latest initiative to improve its biodiversity and congratulations should go to everyone who volunteered to help on the day.
“We all need to do our bit to help with the local environment and it is great to see so many volunteers getting involved and collecting 1,200 acorns.
“Local authorities have a responsibility to put a plan in place to enhance its biodiversity and it is good to see initiatives like this being organised and involving the public.”
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