Island Life Magazine Ltd April/May 2012 | Page 102

COUNTRY LIFE

Countryside news
with Tony Ridd

Diamond Jubilee
community project
at Pell Lane
A Diamond Jubilee Community
Project was held at Pell Lane,
funded by a 'Big Tree Plant'
grant, organised by Wight
Squirrel Project.
Some 60 trees were planted to
increase the size of a small copse
that is being called 'The Red
Squirrel Dell'. Students from
Ryde Academy along with 17
adults helped plant the trees
with spades donated by Barratts.
Organiser Helen Butler of
Wight Squirrel Project, said: “'It
was heartening t