Volunteers plant 2,000 trees at Glasgow park in one day

Staff from Enterprise Mobility lay down roots at Househill Park near Silverburn to benefit the area.

They were joined by up to 90 participants from local schools, community groups, and hard working volunteers.

Volunteers got to work at the Glasgow park (Image: Sourced)

The event was part of Enterprise Mobility's Urban Tree Initiative which aims to create more greenspaces in cities, in collaboration with the Arbor Day Foundation and Trees for Cities.

It will also provide support for children and young people to learn new skills and knowledge on how to take positive action against climate change.

Woodland cover in the UK is one of the lowest in Europe, according to Woodland Trust who are encouraging the country to become more active in increasing it.

Trees help to improve soils as well as prevent flooding and erosion.

They can also support wildlife and plants in the area.

In Britain, the value of trees alone for flood protection is estimated to be £6.5 billion.

Planting outside of woods and letting areas of land regenerate naturally creates vital habitat as well as corridors that help wildlife spread across the landscape.

The project will help expand woodland areas (Image: Sourced)A Glasgow spokesperson from Enterprise mobility said: “We want to plant more than 2000 trees in Glasgow as part of our pledge to plant 50 million trees by 2056. This is so we can do our bit for the community.”

Gillian Barry Green Action Trust said: “Clyde Climate Forest is an ambitious tree planting initiative to plant 18 million trees across the city region in the next decade.

“The planting we are doing here at Househill Park is part of that.

“It is dedication that everyone is out here in all weathers, we couldn’t do it without the volunteers. We have around 2,000 trees going into the park so fingers crossed we manage it.”