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Leicestershire County Council gave away 30,000 trees during the past year as part of a scheme to increase tree coverage. Pictured is Cllr Adam Tilbury, the authority's cabinet member for environment and flooding.

Leicestershire County Council gives away 30,000 trees as part of new scheme

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The authority plans to plant 700,000 trees

Plans to plant 700,000 trees across Leicestershire passes halfway mark

The winter chill did not stop these pupils work their green-fingered power.

Green-fingered youngsters from Harborough dig in to help the environment

The county council is hoping to beat last year's giveaway of around 50,000 trees.

Leicestershire landowners and farmers urged to sign up for free tree giveaway

Thousands of trees have been given away

Thousands of trees given away for free to Leicestershire landowners

Trees given away last year.

Some 50,000 free trees available for Leicestershire residents

Call for more trees to tackle the climate crisis; here's how we can all help

Landowners and farmers are being invited to register for their free tree pack in a bid to help the county council plant 700,000 trees – a tree for every person in Leicestershire.

Landowners and farmers are being invited to register for their free tree pack in...

Pupils, parents and volunteers have planted over 400 trees at Ridgeway Primary Academy.

Pupils, parents and volunteers plant over 400 trees at Harborough primary school
They also put in 200 bulbs and a load full of bedding plants
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More than 30 students teamed up with over eight local organisations such as the Woodland Trust and Harborough Woodland to plant about 17 types of small garden tree – including wild cherry, rowan, silver birch and hazel. Photo by Andrew Carpenter.

'It was one of the best days of my entire teaching career' says Harborough headt...

An incredible 700,000 trees are to be planted in Leicestershire – that’s a tree for every resident.

An incredible 700,000 trees are to be planted in Leicestershire – that’s a tree ...

According to the report, only seven per cent of UK native woodland is in good ecological condition (Photo: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)

Why UK woodlands and trees are ‘approaching crisis point’

Cllr Blake Pain planting a tree at County Hall.

How you can plant a tree and help make the Harborough area a greener place

How a Harborough-based business is aiming to help plant thousands of trees this ...

Bruce Durham - Chair of Harborough Woodland.

Hundreds of trees to be planted at schools in Market Harborough

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Here’s why birds sing early in the morning - and the dawn chorus explained

Fox Paddock on Old Hall Lane in Lubenham next to the river Welland and site of a new woodland project.
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New wood set to be planted near Market Harborough

Clipston village project is taking root

Tree planting for Trafalgar in Medbourne

Planting trees for Trafalgar

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