Help us plant British saplings to provide a habitat for local wildlife and sequester carbon dioxide.

Help us plant in North Yorkshire

Help us plant British saplings in North Yorkshire, to provide a habitat for local wildlife and sequester carbon dioxide. We recently planted 1000 trees nearby at Great Ayton, so we hope this could be the start of a landscape recovery joining up the dots between sites. For now, though, we need volunteers to help us plant trees.

Protect Earth is a reforestation charity that helps plant the right trees in the right place. We work with local climate action groups and volunteers so we can all do this on a shoestring budget, and save the planet a little bit every week.

We are going to be planting 700 trees of the following species: Alder, Aspen, Scots Pine, Small-leaved Lime, Black Poplar, Pendunculate Oak, Goat Willow.

Things we ask that you bring if possible:

• Gardening gloves - the sturdier the better

• Sturdy footwear - preferably boots or wellies

• Plenty of food and water

• Hand sanitiser

• If you have a small border spade or a fencing spade / drainage shovel (which have a narrow/pointed blade) these are ideal for tree planting please do bring it along. A large spade is ok, too. Don't worry too much if you can't bring a spade as we have a few.

We'll send out more information closer to the time about how and where parking works, but we always appreciate anyone who can uses trains/bikes/etc to ease parking, and of course reduce emissions!