New Year sapling giveaway

To celebrate the start of the New Year, we’ve got 2,015 small sapling trees to give to any worthy causes that would like them for projects they are running in 2015.

We are inviting schools, charities, village organisations and community groups to come forward as they could qualify to receive between 50 and 100 free young trees from us.

We’ve operated similar schemes for the past three years and they’ve been incredibly successful, so once again we’re inviting anyone who feels that their school, charity or group is deserving of the saplings to get in touch.

We do have a limited number available and are allocating them on a first come, first served basis, so we urge people to submit their requests as soon as possible. The closing date for requests is 5pm on Friday, February 20, 2015.

As the saplings are fairly small they are ideal for areas and projects where they can be planted together in groups of around 50 or 100. They would be perfect for hedging or creating small woodland areas.

Worthy causes that apply for the trees must write in to Andrew Pitman at the garden centre giving details of their project and why they think they deserve to receive a group of saplings.

The successful applicants will be invited to come and collect their trees from the garden centre at a mutually convenient time. By entering the giveaway, the winner or winners have agreed to take part in publicity.

Requests for the saplings should be posted to: Andrew Pitman, Store Manager, Monkton Elm Garden & Pet Centre, Monkton Heathfield, Taunton, TA2 8QN.