Overview
- Planting begins with five saplings going in the ground today as National Tree Week starts, with the rest to follow over the coming days.
- Early sites include the Tree Sanctuary in Coventry, the Minnie Pit memorial in Staffordshire, and Greenham Common in Berkshire.
- Further plantings this week are scheduled at the Rob Burrow Centre in Leeds, Hexham General Hospital in Northumberland, and by Veterans in Crisis at Hetton Lyons Country Park in Sunderland.
- The first sapling was gifted to the King for planting at a later date after the Trust received more than 500 applications to host a tree.
- The 49 saplings—grown at the Trust’s plant conservation centre to mirror the original tree’s 49‑foot height—will be followed by a school planting at Henshaw next month and wider national‑park plantings from early 2026.