*Update - Applications for the trees have now closed*

In honour of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, the Alderney Wildlife Trust (AWT) has ensured that every resident of Alderney is entitled to a free tree to plant this year.

As a result of this campaign, by spring of 2023 there will be at least an additional 2,000 trees in the ground. The species available are either native to Alderney or to the Channel Islands region and include, but are not limited to:

• English Oak
• Hazel
• Silver Birch
• Rowan
• Hawthorn

These can be planted at home, in gardens or at organized tree-planting sessions held by the AWT, allowing everyone to become involved in this momentous campaign whether they own green space or not.

The AWT hosted a stall at the Party on the Butes on Thursday 2 June, 2022 as part of the Queen’s Jubilee, where numerous residents of Alderney enthusiastically signed up. 

Would you like to attract more birds to your garden, then a Rowan might be the way to go or if you want a more pollinator-friendly tree then a Hawthorn might be for you. Don’t forget the English Oak, which supports a greater number of other species than any other UK tree species. If you would like help picking out a species, then don’t hesitate to ask one of our helpful members of staff!

Furthermore, the AWT are committed to helping those who wish to plant additional trees and create coppices or small woodlands by providing good-quality trees at cost, (around £1.70 per tree).

The trees, which will be brought in as 20-60cm cell grown plants, will be delivered to the island in Autumn 2022 and we will contact all participants to keep them up-to-date on the scheme.

A tree-planting event will also be organised following the arrival for anyone wishing to plant their tree in the Alderney Community Woodland.