King's Somborne school children help plant coronation walk

Fifteen pupils from King Somborne’s Church of England Primary School’s reception Hedgehog class joined parish councillor Graham Searle on the morning of Tuesday, April 25 to plant the trees.

Six Quercus Ropers, English oak trees, were planted, with the children of Hedgehog Class helping plant two of them.

The children helped the plant the trees on the new Coronation Walk (Image: Newsquest)The trees were planted as part of the Coronation Walk near the village hall and were provided by Landford Trees. Gus Jones from Native Rural Contractors in Lockerley helped the children by digging the holes for the 15-year-old trees as well as making sure they could be properly watered.

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Catherine Cartwright, from King’s Somborne School, said that the children enjoyed the experience. She said: “It was absolutely delightful today that our youngest children in the school could be part of something that’s going to have such a wonderful legacy to the village.

“They all had a wonderful time; they love being in the outdoors so this was a testament to their joy of nature as well. So, it was wonderful to do and we are very proud that we were asked along to do it.”

Gus Jones (left) and Cllr Graham Searle with one of the planted trees (Image: Newsquest)Cllr Searle added: “We’ve been very lucky with the weather!

“These trees are obviously in celebration of the coronation for the village. The trees are probably 15 years old but what was really great was having the youngsters come in because they are the only ones who are going to see the legacy of the trees.

“So, it was a perfect village occasion.”