A new woodland area is taking root at a Rhyl secondary school.

Christ the Word pupils recently rolled up their sleeves to help create a new haven for nature on their school grounds.

Pupils recently helped the Council’s Biodiversity Team and Countryside Rangers develop new hedgerow and woodland areas at the school.

Planting has taken place across county schools to help increase biodiversity and tree canopies across school grounds to support nature’s recovery and provide an educational wellbeing outdoor area for youngsters. This work has been funded from a UK Government grant.

Increasing the number of trees on school grounds also helps support the Council’s drive to reach net carbon zero by contributing to the amount of carbon sequestered (or absorbed).

Pupils helped create a 260-metre-long hedgerow, included 14 standard trees within it, consisting of rowans, Field Maple, Cherry Plum, Wayfaring Tree, Wild Cherry, and Bird Cherry

The forest school area Christ the Word Pupils also helped plant is an oak, alder and willow mix of trees. The total area of planting achieved by the pupils with the Biodiversity Team and rangers is 400 square metres.

Councillor Barry Mellor, Lead Member for Environment and Transport and Biodiversity Champion, said: “We are really grateful to the Christ the Word pupils for their fantastic support in helping our Biodiversity Team and the rangers create this new area on the grounds for local nature to enjoy and also for providing better outdoor wellbeing and learning for all the youngsters at the school.”