Free seeds for kids in Meirionnydd.FORESTS have a vital role to play in combating climate change - and today you can play a part. To celebrate National Tree Week, Farm& Country has teamed up with the Meirionnydd Meirionnydd is a coastal and mountainous region of North Wales. It has been a kingdom, a cantref, a district and, as Merionethshire, a county. Kingdom Meirionnydd was a sub-kingdom of Gwynedd, supposedly founded by Meirion, a grandson of Cunedda, a warrior-prince who Oakwoods Project to offer every child in Meirionnydd the chance to help with woodland regeneration Regeneration (biology) The process by which an animal restores a lost part of its body. Broadly defined, the term can include wound healing, tissue repair, and many kinds of restorative activities. . Project staff are offering thousands of free tree seed sticks which children can plant in pots. Schools can also establish outdoor tree nurseries and resulting saplings can be planted in Meirionnydd's native woodlands. This week school kids at Ysgol Gynradd Penybryn kick-started the project by planting hundreds of seed sticks, acorns and hazel nuts. Their saplings will be relocated re·lo·cate v. re·lo·cat·ed, re·lo·cat·ing, re·lo·cates v.tr. To move to or establish in a new place: relocated the business. v.intr. to Coed Ysgubor Wen, a native woodland in the Dysynni Valley which has just been bought by Coed Cadw(The Woodland Trust). To get the sticks for your child or school, contact Nicola Maysmor on 0845 604085 (nicola.maysmor@ forestry.gsi.gov.uk) or Rhydian Roberts on 01745 818808 (rhydian roberts@woodland-trust.org.uk) CAPTION(S): Free tree seeds are being offered to every child in Meirionnydd |
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