Peasedown Community Trust is to give away a further 200 trees this month, as part of its ambitious target of planting over 500 trees in the village.

Working in partnership with Bath & North East Somerset Council and campaign group, More Trees for B&NES, the charity wants to encourage residents to get involved with the initiative.

Trust Chairman, Gavin Heathcote, said: "Trees are one of the best solutions to our climate emergency. They improve poor air quality, alleviate the risk of flooding, lock up carbon, boost our wellbeing – making us feel healthier and happier, and create habitats for wildlife.

" Since we launched our tree planting initiative in March, we've seen almost 100 planted in the village already, with a target of 400 more to be planted in time for HM The Queen's Platinum Jubilee next June."

Two hundred native saplings, of a range of varieties, will be available for collection (free of charge) on Saturday 27th November at 10am from The Hive Community Centre.

Campaign group, More Trees for B&NES, who are supplying the trees to the Trust, have coordinated the planting of almost 10,000 trees across the district since the group was established in 2008. Their Co-Founder, Adam Gretton said:

"Planting trees is an easy and fun way for us all to 'do our bit' for the environment.

So many communities across the area, over the last decade, have taken great strides in planting trees in their towns and villages. Peasedown St John has been no exception with several tree planting projects, and now with this new initiative to plant 500 trees by next June, it's a community that is leading the way with green initiatives.

More Trees BANES is a not-for-profit community group, that works hard to grow, plant and protect trees in our local area.

We are now focussed on setting up a network of community tree nurseries across BANES, to ensure a local supply of indigenous trees. We are delighted to have Peasedown as one of our first recipients!"

Do you live in Peasedown St John or the surrounding area? Would you like a free tree for your garden? If so, contact the Peasedown Community Trust to reserve yours by emailing [email protected]

Larger batches of trees are available for local schools, community groups and businesses.

For more details, visit the Peasedown Community Trust Facebook page at www.facebook.com/PeasedownCommunityTrust