The event took place on the East Dartmoor National Nature Reserve
As part of its carbon capture programme, Premier Paper recently ran a tree planting day, inviting customers to come along and help tidy, clear and plant a variety of trees and hedgerow.
Working alongside the Woodland Trust, the UK’s largest woodland conservation charity, the Premier event took place at Pullabrook Woods in Bovey Valley, which is an extensive area of accessible woodlands on the East Dartmoor National Nature Reserve. The Valley hosts acres of ancient woodland, and thanks to a successful tree planting day, now features a new mix of 800 oak, hazel, rowan and alder trees.
Commenting on the event, Premier’s CSR marketing manager Hussein Ismail said, ‘This is the third tree planting event that we have hosted at Bovey Valley and it was great to meet up with customers and further develop the site. Everyone came together to clear the grounds, plant trees and hedgerows. It was humbling to see so many people dedicated to carbon capture and giving something back to the environment.’
Further plans to develop and protect the woodland are underway, with the planted areas being restored to native broadleaf through regular thinning, to control light levels on the forest floor and prevent weeds developing.
