Ysgol Henllan pupils have rolled up their sleeve to help plant the future of a new space for nature and residents to enjoy together.

The pupils got to work this week with Denbighshire Countryside Service rangers and volunteers to start shaping the new Henllan Community Nature Space at land behind Meifod Road.

This area is one of four new community nature spaces – alongside similar areas at Rhyl, St Asaph and Clocaenog – that the Council’s Countryside Service and Climate Change teams are creating in the county this year to boost benefits for both local wildlife and residents’ wellbeing.

The Community Nature Spaces work alongside woodland creation work this year at schools across the county has received funding out of an £800,000 grant from the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

Pupils dug deep to help plant over 1,700 trees on the site which will also see new footpaths, a pond, wildflower meadows, a recreation space and picnic area, an insect hibernaculum (aka a “bee bank”) and an outdoor classroom before the end of this year.

The Henllan Community Nature Space will also help support the Council’s drive to reduce the county’s carbon footprint by contributing to the amount of carbon sequestered (or absorbed) in vegetation and soils.