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Partnering with Reimagining Somerset we have set aside 30% of our regions subs to purchase trees and have set up a whats app group of volunteers to be involved with the planting

Reimagining the Levels is supporting tree planting schemes, in the community

Reimagining the Levels had an extraordinary successful planting season in 2020/21 despite the pandemic. Approximately 20,000 trees and shrubs that included almost 1 mile of hedgerow were planted in the Somerset landscape. This season we hope to double


The UK has the lowest woodland cover in Europe and Somerset has the fewest trees of any county, so we do need to do more. Somerset has a high density of ash trees, meaning the impact from Ash Dieback is highly significant, with big changes to our landscape. As well as soaking up rain, trees provide shade and shelter for crops and livestock from unseasonable heat, trees are also effective at carbon capture, purify the air, provide important habitat, enrich and stabilise the soil, provide timber, food, and importantly increase our mental well-being. In order to survive, this planet needs more trees.