Llangattock Forest School is thriving with 100 children and inspirational teachers. Rosemary Whaley bought the school (now a Charity supported by government funding as C of E Primary Schools) together with the adjacent windswept field, which they now plan to make both a play area and teaching resource.
We plan to plant this winter an Optimal Shelterbelt around the perimeter of the degraded hedge as on the uploaded map with 1930 trees and pinned bioderageable weed control matting, together with the help of volunteers and the school itself.
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.