Ysgol Pen Barras pupils have put in a ‘treemendous’ effort to help nature on their school grounds.
Denbighshire County Council’s Biodiversity Team recently linked up with Ysgol Pen Barras pupils to help them plant more trees around the school site to help their local nature.
Work has taken place across county schools in the last 12 months to help increase biodiversity and tree canopies across sites for supporting nature’s recovery and to provide an educational wellbeing outdoor area for youngsters. It has been funded from a UK Government grant.
It is also supporting the Council’s drive to reach net carbon zero by contributing to the amount of carbon sequestered (or absorbed).
Thanks to the help of the pupils, a 20-metre hedge around the garden area and a 70 metre hedge next to the car park were both created containing a mix of thorny species which produces a lot of blossom and berries for wildlife.
Fruit trees were also planted on the site and a joint 140 metres hedge with neighbouring Rhos Street school was also created. In total nearly 1,700 trees were planted at Ysgol Pen Barras.
The new habitat areas will also help improve air quality, support urban heat cooling, and encourage improved physical and mental wellbeing for pupils and staff, and areas of mixed interest for education and play.
Cllr Barry Mellor, Lead Member for Environment and Transport and Biodiversity Champion, said: “We are really thankful to Ysgol Pen Barras for their fantastic support in helping our Biodiversity Team create this brilliant area for local nature and also for the wellbeing and learning of all the youngsters involved.”
