To all our Copse in a Box (CiaB) participants and anyone with an interest in growing native woodland trees, please enjoy taking a look at our official CiaB map.
CiaB is our exciting initiative to encourage people across England to start their own community tree nurseries. This map tracks the number of CiaB tree nurseries that have been founded since CiaB was launched earlier this year.
CiaB is so far proving to be a great success, with over 350 communities up and down the country now taking part.
CiaB community tree projects per region:
- East Midlands, 19
- East of England, 40
- London, 17
- North East, 16
- North West, 43
- South East, 78
- South West, 91
- West Midlands, 44
- Yorkshire and the Humber, 19
See what some of the communities participating in CiaB have been up to below.
Burlington Junior School
Thank you Burlington Juniors for sharing your latest CiaB updates on Twitter. It is great seeing so many pupils across years 3-6 engaging in seed gathering and planting. We wish you every success with your community tree nursery. Please continue to share photos!
Rowledge School, Hampshire
Excellent photos from Rowledge School, Hampshire, where Tree Warden, Ben Hamlin, has been offering his expertise.
The boxes you sent me are starting to do their work. Years 4 and 5 went on a forage in the forest and collected acorns and conkers. On their return, the nuts were viability tested and planted. We are expecting they will all be able to take a tree home when they leave at the end of year 6.
May I add, as a Tree Warden, how impressed I was with the children's awareness of the importance of trees.
- Ben Hamlin, East Hants Tree Warden Network
Lewes Urban Arboretum, (Friends of Lewes: Trees)
Thank you for your latest tweet, Lewes Urban Arboretum. Great seeing CiaB in action. Your community Lewes Tree Nursery looks very professional. Good luck with the squirrels and foxes!
Thank you everyone taking part in CiaB. For anyone who would like to get involved, please find out more about CiaB here.
