Haslam Park entrance A mini-forest is set to spring up on the edge of a suburban park in Preston. Lancashire County Council is planning to create a so-ca
Eldon Primary School vows to fight damning Ofsted report and slams ‘small number of parents’If you enjoyed BBC Radio 2 in the Park Preston then these events should be nextLancashire County Council is planning to create a so-called ‘Miyawaki Forest’ in Haslam Park in Ashton, close to the Lancaster Canal.
The Miyawaki principle is known to be particularly effective at establishing forests in urban environments, using trees native to the area. According to the website Creating Tomorrow’s Forests, the trees planted using that method “grow much faster, jump-starting the forest creation process and capturing more carbon”.
A Lancashire County Council spokesman said of the project: “We were awarded grant funding of £49,000 by the Department for Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs, to commemorate the coronation of King Charles, from its Coronation Living Heritage Fund for the planting of six new ‘Miyawaki Forests’, or micro-woods, in Lancashire.
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