Petersfield’s Festival of Trees
Petersfield’s Festival of Trees
Petersfield Climate Action Network’s annual ‘A Fruit Tree in Every Garden’ project is branching out this year, to bring you a Festival of Trees!
At Petersfield Community Garden on Saturday 22nd February, you are invited to join PeCAN to celebrate the benefits and importance of trees. Those who have purchased fruit trees from PeCAN, and others who have taken part in Petersfield Town Council’s Front Garden Tree Panting Initiative, will be able to collect their trees at the event.
Over the past four years, PeCAN has distributed nearly 2,000 fruit trees for gardens across East Hampshire. This year they smashed their target and closed sales at 1,200 more! Types of trees available this season included apple, crab apple, pear, plum, cherry, apricot, and filbert (cobnut). They will be supplied with a stake and planting advice.
The Festival of Trees will offer visitors expertise on how best to care for fruit trees. There will be regular sessions on planting and pruning, throughout the morning. Experts will be on hand to advise about soil suitability and planting for the future - with climate change in mind.
This will be an event for the whole family, with craft stalls, lichen trails, warming refreshments, and activities for children within the Community Garden.
Planting trees not only helps to lock up carbon from the atmosphere – it can result in a legacy of increased biodiversity, wildlife protection, shade provision and flood mitigation.
Please keep an eye on our Facebook (@PetersfieldClimateActionNetwork) and Instagram (@petersfield_can) accounts, and our website (petersfieldcan.org), for more details to follow.
Find out more about the event and how to get there here: https://petersfieldcan.org/projects/festival-of-trees
PeCAN thanks East Hampshire District Council for their support with this project, which has received funding from the UK Government via the Shared Prosperity Fund.
Petersfield Climate Action Network (PeCAN) is an environmental charity, set up in 2020 by local residents. PeCAN aims aiming to help local communities reduce their carbon emissions and protect nature, for a greener healthier future.
