Friends of the Tame Valley, the volunteer group looking after the area in and around the Tame Valley, planted over 200 saplings in Jet Amber Fields on Friday morning.

The trees were donated by City of Trees, as part of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations and the Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy. City of Trees are a charity which aims to deliver a green recovery and tackle the climate emergency.  

The FoTV volunteers were joined by Tameside Council’s Greenspace Officer, John Courtman.  

A mix of Oak, Rowan, Hawthorn and Hazel trees were planted by a number of volunteers, including Denton North East Councillor Allison Gwynne.  

Cllr Gwynne, who is also Executive Member for Neighbourhoods, said: "This was such a fantastic team effort. We planted over 200 saplings, and I would just like to restate my gratitude to City of Trees for their very kind donation.  

We all deserve access to wonderful green spaces, and these trees will be a brilliant gift for future generations."  

Andrew Gwynne, secretary of Friends of the Tame Valley and MP for Denton and Reddish, added: “I’m so grateful to volunteers who have given up their time to plant these trees. We only set up Friends of the Tame Valley at the beginning of last year, and it’s amazing to see what a difference local people have made in such a short space of time.  

"I can’t think of a better way of commemorating the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee than planting such a beautiful variety of trees.” 

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