Moor Trees is delighted to have received funding from the National Grid Community Matters Fund to support tree planting around Dartmoor this season to provide our local provenance trees to at least eight community projects. This could be to create a copse, contribute to a larger woodland creation scheme, kick start a community tree planting campaign or start a larger project.
The funding will enable us to ‘give away’ a total of 2,000 trees to woodland creation schemes on Dartmoor and the surrounding area. We are seeking applications from local community groups, not for profit organisations or individuals who are planting schemes that can be accessed by the public and has the involvment of the local community. Ideally schemes will be on land alongside rivers and waterways and will serve to link up habitats across the landscape. This is important to us so that we can effectively evidence our role in supporting an increase in biodiversity on Dartmoor by helping wildlife to ‘travel’ through these linked corridors more effectively within a shorter time frame.
To apply please complete our short form to tell us more about your planting scheme, who is involved and your ambitions for nature in the future. The applications will be assessed on some core criteria by the Moor Trees team and groups will be notified by mid-December 2023 if they have been successful.
A maximum of 250 trees with tree shelters and stakes will be provided to each of the successful schemes – Moor Trees will endeavour to supply the species requested by groups but this will be subject to demand and availability of stock from our two community tree nurseries.
