Nairn Green Hive gets special tree to boost the Queen's Green Canopy

NAIRN Green Hive has received a special tree from The Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC) “Tree of Trees” which stood as a message of hope, regeneration and optimism to the nation and the world as part of the Platinum Jubilee weekend celebrations.

Green Hive is one of over 300 organisations from across the UK who were recently announced by the QGC as recipients of these special trees in The Queen’s name, which are gifted in a pot embossed with Her Majesty’s cypher.

Presented by George Asher, the rowan tree was planted on the triangle next to the Brae in Nairn last month.

The tree joined more than a million trees already planted across the UK as part of The Queen’s Green Canopy.

Chairman of Green Hive Simon Noble said: “We are thrilled to be chosen for our contribution to the Nairn community.”

The Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC) is a UK-wide tree planting initiative. It has been extended to the end of the planting season in March, to give people an opportunity to plant trees to honour the Queen’s memory in the wake of her death.

Designed by Thomas Heatherwick, the QGC “Tree of Trees” sculpture sought to put the importance of trees at the heart of this historic milestone to celebrate Her Majesty, who planted over 1,500 trees all over the world throughout her 70-year reign.

During the summer, the trees were cared for by Barcham’s Nursery ahead of distribution at the start of the planting season in October.

The trees were gifted evenly across the UK in proportion to the population, with each county receiving at least one tree as part of the initiative.

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