Last year, and with thanks to support from East Hampshire District Council and the Tree Council we distributed 1,000 fruit trees and 2.7km of new hedging across East Hampshire. This planting season (Nov 24/Feb 25) we're hoping to do the same again!
The PeCAN team are busy finalising funding and building plans to make this years' A Festival of Trees even better with plenty of trees and hedging to give away and loads of chances to learn more about tree care, green skills and even willow sculpture.
If you would like to be kept informed about this project, then please register your details below and we will be in touch as soon as our funding is confirmed and we have the go-ahead! As an incentive to register, we're offering all those signed up a 24-hour head start on ordering.
If you have collected a fruit tree or hedge from a previous year, and are wondering how to plant or care for it, we have collated some useful tips to help on our Tree Care page.
Thank you very much for organising the event and tree/hedge distribution. It was amazingly well organised, from the documentation through to the distribution, despite the wet weather that you'd experienced beforehand (evidenced by the mini lake outside the gate!). Please pass on my thanks to the total team, who worked professionally and slickly to get all the orders out there - mine are safely in the ground now - though not too thrilled about the frost this morning!
- Chris Sangster
Thank you for the hedging plants I collected today in Rowlands Castle. The whole process was expertly managed and the whips are great
– Tony Wright
Just a note to thank you so much for the native hedging plants that I picked up this morning. They’re going in already. What a well organised, efficient and generous offer and I’m really grateful for my new plants. Look forward to watching them grow!
– Rosalind Attwood
Many thanks for our beautiful hedging. Stunning plants and so carefully packaged up. It must have taken such lot of work so please know it was much appreciated
- Sarah & Tim Shaw
Thank you so much for our cherry tree- planted this afternoon! Congratulations on your slick organisation too. Keep up the good work
- Mandy Bulloch
I collected my tree today, thank you very much for all the useful guidance and the children’s activities today! Such a great event
– Cat Udy
Thank you to everyone for all your hard work, it really is appreciated!
– Julie Atkins
Thank you so much all of you for doing this. Great to see so many both volunteering and collecting this morning. Just planted my hedging!
- Lionel Fanshawe
Thank you for the hedging and all the work you do for the community
- Dave McKinney
Thank you so much for the hedging whips. All 48 metres planted, mostly in the sunshine and now retiring for a casserole and large glass of wine. Thank you to all the volunteers who made this happen
– Charlotte Slater