This was a one day planting - 825 trees and shrubs at Lainston House Hotel which is part of the Exclusive Hotels chain. We had a big planting at another of their hotels, and were brought back to help with a few more. We planted a mix of 90% tree species and 10% shrub species which will create a natural looking woodland with a canopy of taller trees and shrub understory. We had a small group of corporate volunteers Open GI Ltd (one of them had got married at the hotel) and most of the hotel staff helped, working in shifts along with the grounds staff who worked all day. They provided an excellent lunch too!
Trees were planted as bare rooted 40-60cm whips and were protected with 1.2m tree tubes and stakes in clusters of the same species, randomly spaced. Shrubs protected with 75cm shrub guards and stakes. Random gaps were left to provide open areas in the woodland.