A commons for trees in the High Peak and Hope Valley.
If you’re here, you know how important trees are.
The commons is a space for people who care for trees to connect with each other. Read on to see the asks and offers people are making into the commons for trees.
A commons for trees. Why now?
People have been growing and planting trees locally for many years - and yet there is still room to do more, together.
Some projects need more trees, tools or training. Others have these to offer. People new to tree planting are asking for an easier way to find out how to get involved.
A commons for trees can start to create a network of communities working together as guardians for a new generation of trees.
A commons for trees is space for collaboration.
The Commons
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Offer: Two-day outdoor first aid training
Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd January
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Ask: helpers for pruning day in Bamford
Saturday 21st February, The Beeches
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Offer: tree planting tools to borrow
Ongoing, 10 Trees
Who cares for trees in the Hope Valley and High Peak?
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Contact Paul on xxx
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Contact Jayne or find out more
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HVCA is planting Overdale Forest near Bretton. Find out more
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A new community tree nursery in Bamford. Find out more
Why do we need more trees?
Trees lend the unique landscape of the Peak District a special seasonal beauty, connecting us with the rhythms of the natural world. They also quietly provide life’s necessities to both people and wildlife - whether that’s food and shelter or clean air and water. We’re running short of all of these things - and trees offer us an exchange: to meet our own needs in meeting theirs, for a mutual flourishing.
In the past, we would have lived much more closely with trees. Woodland would have covered much of the valley floor and crept up the hillsides and cloughs. Now, the Peak District has less than 10% tree cover. The valleys and hillsides of the High Peak and Hope Valley need to provide more homes for trees to restore this balance.