Gather your acorns and grow a tree for The National Forest

The oak trees of The National Forest are laden with acorns this autumn – and just ripe to collect and plant to grow your own tiny tree that can be part of The National Forest.

The National Forest Company’s (NFC) Grow a Tree from Seed scheme is a great way to get involved in helping to grow The National Forest and it’s so easy and enjoyable!

From late September acorns will be ready for collecting and planting – get the family together for an acorn collecting day or involve your local school. The NFC’s Grow a Tree from Seed leaflet gives advice on how to plant and grow your young seedlings for the first two years of life. The leaflet can be found on the NFC website at nationalforest.org/involved/seed.php.

When your trees are around two years old, you will be invited to a community planting event to plant your trees. This is a fantastic day with people of all ages coming along to plant their trees, with staff from NFC and BTCV (British Trust for Conservation Volunteers) on site to give a helping hand and advice where required. No sooner are the trees planted than people can’t wait to go out and start collecting and growing acorns again!

So why not get started by collecting acorns this autumn and pledging them to plant in The National Forest and do your bit to help The National Forest grow!

For more information visit nationalforest.org.