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Fancy a Seedy Weekend?
National Seed Gathering Sunday hits Salford

Seed Gathering Sunday (10th October) – a national celebration of all things tree related is being brought to Salford by Red Rose Forest, who are encouraging you to get out and “seedy”!

At this time of year, trees of all kinds are shedding their seeds, but many fall on ‘stony ground’ and never have the opportunity to grow into saplings which can help to increase tree cover across the Salford area to make it a greener, healthier place to live and work.

However Red Rose Forest – Greater Manchester’s Community Forest – has committed to help change this, and along with Salford Ranger Service is encouraging the people of Salford to get out and about on 10th October round Blackleach Country Park, and collect as many different tree seeds as they can find.

For anyone who does collect seeds of the 10th, there will be an open day at one of Salford’s community tree nurseries at Blackleach Country Park on 27th November (National Tree Week), where people can come along to plant their seeds – the first step towards growing new trees for the park and other green spaces in the Salford area.

For more information about the planting day on 27th November, please contact Salford Rangers on 0161 790 7746.

Seed Gathering Sunday is a national celebration of trees, initiated by The Tree Council. All seeds collected and planted on and around Seed Gathering Sunday and National Tree Week in Salford will be helping to contribute towards Red Rose Forest’s target to plant 25 million trees across 292 square miles of Greater Manchester over 40 years, many of which will be in the Salford area.

Please make all media inquires to Faith Ashworth, Red Rose Forest on 0161 872 1660.

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Notes to Editor

Red Rose Forest is an environmental regeneration initiative in Greater Manchester and is one of 12 Community Forests being developed in England. We are a partnership of The Countryside Agency, the Forestry Commission and six Greater Manchester local authorities. The Red Rose Forest partnership is planting over 25 million trees across 292 square miles of the area, as part of a 40-year programme that will make Greater Manchester a greener and more satisfying place to live and work. At the heart of our strategy is the involvement of local communities in the environmental, social and economic regeneration of the area.