TREES FOR DORSET (part of Dorset Men Of The Trees) |
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Trees for Dorset is a charity who's objective is to plant, protect and promote trees throughout Dorset. Click on About us for more..... Trees for Dorset is part of Dorset Men of The Trees. |
| Home | Trees for Dorset. Latest News: Forestry Commission issue warnings about Larch Dieback disease. See details on our Reseources page. 26th
July 2010 - Trees For Dorset help residents in 23rd July - Trees For Dorset held their annual fund raising summer evening supper at Frampton. The event was very successful with 50 people enjoying a wonderful evening with delicious food and a classical guitar performance afterwards. "Susan
Hampshire the well known actress has agreed to be the Charity's patron". --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Join “Trees for Dorset” today, reflect the past and continue the work started by Richard St. Barbe Baker. Participate in the present by planting trees with us. local tree planting programmes and their follow up maintenance, an exciting new schools project “My Life – My Tree, growing together, help save trees under threat, benefit from advice on how and what to plant and how to obtain grants for tree planting. Enjoy visits to interesting sites, gardens and arboreta and meet others with similar interests. Learn about trees and woodland wildlife and ecology during site visits and talks. Plan the Future, Start a new tree nursery. Link up with other tree groups. Support work abroad perhaps through twinned school tree nurseries. Trees are importantWhy? The stability of the world’s climate depends on trees and forests. Trees take carbon dioxide out of the air locking up the carbon in the growth of new wood, but returning oxygen and moisture to the atmosphere. This means improved air quality and less greenhouse gasses. Trees help prevent erosion of fertile soils. The roots of trees hold the soil in place as the crowns grow into powerful windbreaks. This will protect the soil from erosion by wind or water and is especially important in countries where erosion and drought cause devastating famines. Trees are important for wildlife. Woods and forests maintain and protect complex communities of animals and plants in all parts of the world, not only in tropical rainforests, but in our own temperate forests too. Even a solitary tree in an urban setting will provide nesting sites and food for birds. Trees improve the quality of our environment. You don’t need to be an artist to appreciate the beauty of trees and many of us visit woods and forests to enjoy their peace and tranquillity. For others a forest provides sites for leisure activities, while trees planted in towns introduce colour and natural shapes into the urban environment. We owe it to our children and our children’s children to let them enjoy the trees, woods and forests as much as we do ourselves. So let us all Plant Trees together. Do we really need more trees? Throughout the world there is a great need to replace the many trees that are cut for fuel and construction and for export to us in developed countries. In Britain most of our ancient woods have been lost or damaged so now less than 3% remain. Even in an apparently rural county like Dorset we have less than 3% ancient woodland today. During the 20th century trees have been planted on an extensive scale in Britain but mostly foreign softwoods. Now we need to safeguard the remaining veteran trees and plant more native hardwood trees. Yes we must replace the losses. The “Men of the Trees” was founded in 1934 by Richard St. Barbe Baker. His aim was to promote, protect and plant trees whenever and wherever a need or opportunity arises. Many organisations have developed from his original contributing to tree planting in Britain and around the world. |
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