The landowners live on a cider orchard with over 200 trees, and also own a meadow with a public footpath running through it which they wanted to plant a variety of native species in, for both carbon sequestration and to boost biodiversity in the area.
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.