The UK should take a leaf out of Heartwood Forest’s book, according to Sandi Toksvig OBE, who recently paid a visit to St Albans as part of a Channel 4 TV show.
Sandi’s Great British Woodland Restoration featured Heartwood Forest on an episode that aired on Thursday, January 23.
The forest’s regeneration, which began in 2009, saw volunteers plant over half a million trees, making it England’s largest planted native woodland.
The former Great British Bake Off presenter said the forest has “everything you could ask for”, from woodland to wildflower meadows.
Sandi said: “It’s a fantastic thing. It is looking towards the future. It is somebody looking way beyond themselves, beyond their lifetime, beyond the lifetime of their kids and even their grandchildren.”
Once her visit had concluded, Sandi said: “My trip to Heartwood Forest was both energising and depressing. I understood what a rare place it is, and that the wider UK story is one of national woodland failure.”
Sandi’s Great British Woodland Restoration is available to watch on Channel 4.
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