- Buile Hill Mansion Association hosted a tree planting event in recognition of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
- The event welcomed volunteers of all ages to the Salford park to take part in the nationwide scheme
- An estimated 115 trees were planted in little over an hour
Approximately 115 trees were planted during an event at Buile Hill Park in Salford earlier this month for the Queen’s Green Canopy initiative.
The event was hosted by Buile Hill Mansion Association, a volunteer led organisation working to restore the historic Buile Hill Park Mansion in collaboration with Salford Council.
After being delayed by a week due to bad weather, many members of the public turned up to plant a tree, some even bringing their own shovels.
Monton Matters attended the event, and joined in by planting a hawthorn sapling in an area of the park known as Harte Hill.
Jenni Smith, Chair and Funding Lead of Buile Hill Mansion Association, explained that the area of the Grade II listed park the trees were planted in is a site of future restoration.
She later expressed the importance of taking part in the event, saying: “We’ve had a fantastic turnout, they’ve all planted the history of the future, and that’s the way that we look at things.
“What we’ve done today is tomorrow’s history.
“It’s making the community feel part of it. So everything that we do, we ask for the community’s opinions.”
She added: “I think we’re really lucky that actually we’re so close to Manchester, but we’ve got, this is the biggest park in Salford.
“And so ensuring we’re planting more in, and supporting the council, cause they’re obviously planting more as well, is just sort of ensuring this, this nice green space for future generations.”
The event was supposed to run from 10am until 12pm, but after just an hour, most of the trees had been planted.
Frequent visitor to Buile Hill Park, Lilian Fallows, commented: “They’re all done within an hour, great!”
The local Salford resident has lived a short walk away for 33 years and, after planting her tree, now plans to ‘come along regularly and watch it grow.’
She said: “I think it’s brilliant. I mean, we need more trees, don’t we? We’re chopping trees down left, right and centre so we need to replace them.
“And for the Queens Platinum, it’s pretty special isn’t it? Nobody’s ever done it before and I don’t think anybody will ever do it again.”
The trees planted during the event have now been added to the Queen’s Green Canopy map.
To catch up with more of the action from the day, and learn more about the Queen’s Green Canopy scheme, read the full thread on the Monton Matters Twitter account.
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