Ground Control marks National Tree Week 2020 by funding planting projects  

• 15,000 trees planted near Chelmsford in the latest Evergreen Fund project
• The sustainability fund is involved in planting 45,000 trees this season 
• Ground Control is on track to meet the goal of planting 1 million trees by 2025

Leading up to National Tree Week (28th November - 6th Dec 2020), Ground Control, the UK’s leading supplier of award-winning landscaping and maintenance services, announced its involvement in a new project to plant over 15,000 new trees near Chelmsford.

Working together with Essex County Council and the Woodland Trust, the Evergreen Fund, Ground Controls’ unique sustainability fund, paid the planting and supervision costs of the 15,000  saplings, with work to create two new woodlands at Chelmer Valley.

Financed by five percent of Ground Control’s operating profit, the Evergreen Fund specialises in providing seed and growth capital to projects focused on delivering measurable, beneficial, and sustainable environmental impact.

Other tree planting projects financed by the Evergreen Fund include:

• The Cotswold Conservation Board

With the popular 'Ourboretum' project encouraging the public to help plant 2,020 trees across Gloucestershire, the fund is providing pots, compost, and labels for growing saplings, and next year will supply tree shelters and additional trees. In addition, it will provide 1,220 trees and tree protection for a new hedgerow in the Avon District for planting this season.

• Wirral Council

Supplying and planting 1,520 trees together with biodegradable mulch mats at Eastham Country Park during National Tree Week.

• Trent River Trust

Providing 2,000 trees and protection for planting along the River Trent before Christmas, followed by supplying and planting an additional 3,500 trees in January.

• Make It Wild

Providing the trees and labour to help build a ‘super hedge’ of 5,800 trees and hedgerow shrubs in North Yorkshire in January.

said Chris Bawtree, Environmental Lead at Ground Control.

The planting will enable the woodlands to provide new multifunctional habitats, benefitting both wildlife and the local community. They’ll contribute to natural flood prevention, increase biodiversity, and help Essex County Council meet its sustainability goals.

"Projects like Chelmer Valley illustrate our core value of caring for the environment." 

said Ground Control CEO, Simon Morrish. “Tree establishment projects are a great way to offset carbon and support the environment, as just one broadleaf tree will absorb up to one tonne of carbon dioxide during its full lifetime.”

“Across all projects, the Evergreen Fund will be involved in planting 45,000 trees this season. Combined with our commercial operations, as a company we’ll double our planting operations this year to 170,000 trees and are set to reach our goal of planting one million trees by 2025.”