Solihull Council’s tree planting campaign, Planting Our Future, has partnered up with the Arboricultural Association to ask local residents to help young trees during our increasingly dry summer months. Trees needing help will have special ‘Please Water Me’ tags attached.
Planting Our Future decided to join the national campaign after last year’s low rainfall – the lowest since 1976 – to help support the thousands of trees that are being planted across the borough. Although all newly planted trees have a watering schedule in place for the first three summers, the campaign asks residents to give additional watering support to newly planted trees during dry spells.
Established mature trees are able to find their own water. However, it is recommended that newly planted trees are given 50 litres of water per week during the summer months, for the first three years after planting. Backed by key organisations from across the environmental sector, including the Woodland Trust, the ‘watering young trees initiative’ highlights the need for essential young tree aftercare.