Planting lovely fruit trees

Last week, I was pleased to support schools and community groups in my ward in becoming more sustainable by donating fruit trees to them, which were planted last week.

One of our Council’s key priorities is to make Wolverhampton a vibrant, green city that we can all be proud of.

That’s why I’ve supported schools in Ettingshall with these fruit trees. The idea is that when they bear fruit, the schools can offer free healthy snacks to children.But, there are many other benefits of planting trees, they help cool urban areas in hot weather and reduce excessive heat.

They also help disperse and reduce air pollution.I enlisted the help of local house builder, Lovells, who kindly donated hundreds of pounds worth of apple and pear trees. ????

The trees were donated to: Bilston C of E School, Windsor Nursery School, SS Mary and John’s Catholic Primary Academy and All Saints Action Network.