Rosie & Murphy
Heartwood Forest is located near Sandridge, St Albans, in the Metropolitan Green Belt. When the Woodland Trust acquired the land in 2008, most of the area consisted of farmland, predominantly oilseed rape fields.[2] Only 18 hectares (44 acres) of the site's total 347 hectares (860 acres) consisted of ancient woodland.[3] The name "Heartwood" was chosen for the growing forest as a nod to the heart-shaped leaves of the rare Lime trees present in these original pockets of ancient woodland.[3]
On 9 December 2009, a Guinness World Record attempt was made for the 'BBC Tree O'clock ' scheme, in association with the Woodland Trust to plant the most new trees as possible in one hour. Three woodland sites made the attempt: the Heartwood Forest, Hainault Forest and Gransha Park. The previous record was 18,124 trees in an hour,[4] held by the Forestry Commission at a site in Scotland.[5] The Heartwood Forest site came second, with 20,326 trees planted, being beaten by Gransha Park where they planted over 26,000 trees in the hour.[4][5]
Trees and blossoming bluebells.
Flowers blooming in another Hertfordshire bluebell wood, Pryor's Wood.
The site officially opened on 25 March 2018.[6] Over a period of ten years, roughly 45,000 volunteers, including 17,000 school children, planted a total of 600,000 trees.[
Rosie & Murphy
Heartwood Forest is located near Sandridge, St Albans, in the Metropolitan Green Belt. When the Woodland Trust acquired the land in 2008, most of the area consisted of farmland, predominantly oilseed rape fields.[2] Only 18 hectares (44 acres) of the site's total 347 hectares (860 acres) consisted of ancient woodland.[3] The name "Heartwood" was chosen for the growing forest as a nod to the heart-shaped leaves of the rare Lime trees present in these original pockets of ancient woodland.[3]
On 9 December 2009, a Guinness World Record attempt was made for the 'BBC Tree O'clock ' scheme, in association with the Woodland Trust to plant the most new trees as possible in one hour. Three woodland sites made the attempt: the Heartwood Forest, Hainault Forest and Gransha Park. The previous record was 18,124 trees in an hour,[4] held by the Forestry Commission at a site in Scotland.[5] The Heartwood Forest site came second, with 20,326 trees planted, being beaten by Gransha Park where they planted over 26,000 trees in the hour.[4][5]
Trees and blossoming bluebells.
Flowers blooming in another Hertfordshire bluebell wood, Pryor's Wood.
The site officially opened on 25 March 2018.[6] Over a period of ten years, roughly 45,000 volunteers, including 17,000 school children, planted a total of 600,000 trees.[