Sycamore Gap tree saplings to be planted across UK

"Saplings from the felled Sycamore Gap tree are to be planted across the UK, including at a pit disaster site, a town still healing from the Troubles and a place which became an international symbol of peace, protest and feminism. The National Trust said planting of 49 saplings, known as trees of hope, would begin on Saturday. It is hoped that the sycamore will live on in a positive, inspirational way. The Sycamore Gap tree, on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland,"

"When it was criminally cut down for no apparent reason on a stormy night in September 2023 there was widespread anger. Hilary McGrady, director general of the National Trust, said it was the quick thinking of our conservationists in the aftermath of the felling that has allowed the Sycamore Gap to live on. Looping video of tree nursery Seeds from the tree were collected and have become 49 saplings, one to represent each foot in height of the tree, which"

Forty-nine saplings grown from seeds collected from the felled Sycamore Gap tree will be planted across the UK in publicly accessible places, one representing each foot of the original tree's height. The original Sycamore Gap was criminally cut down on a stormy night in September 2023, prompting widespread anger. The saplings are now four to six feet tall after nearly 500 applications were received for one. The first five will be planted during National Tree Week, with many more to follow. One sapling will be planted beside the Greenham Common military control tower, connecting the tree to histories of protest and peace.

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