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Derek Twigg joins more than 500 MPs to plant trees as part of the Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy

Derek Twigg MP is joining over 500 other MPs to plant trees as part of the Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy, a network of forest conservation initiatives to mark Her Majesty’s lifetime of service to the Commonwealth.

The trees – two Silver Birch, two Rowan, and a Hazel, will be planted by community members in Lynton Crescent Park Green.

They were donated to Derek thanks to a partnership between the Woodland Trust, Sainsbury’s and ITV, which in April screened a landmark documentary, The Queen’s Green Planet, following Her Majesty the Queen and this ambitious legacy project which brings together her deeply held commitment to the Commonwealth and her little-known love of trees.

At the heart of the film was a conversation between the Queen and Sir David Attenborough filmed in the gardens of Buckingham Palace last summer.  In a rare opportunity to see the Queen talking informally to Sir David, the conversation ranged from climate change, to conkers and of course trees, and was watched by 6.4 million viewers, making it ITV’s most watched factual programme of the year.

Derek Twigg, one of 508 MPs who took up the offer, said, “I hope my constituents who live around and use Lynton Crescent Park Green will enjoy watching them flourish for many years to come”

 

 

 

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