Going for green on Bury housing estate
Bury Housing Services is working with City of Trees, the community forest for Greater Manchester, to plant more trees in Chesham.
Bury Housing Services is working with City of Trees, the community forest for Greater Manchester, to plant more trees in Chesham.
Bury Council and City of Trees have funded the planting of many thousands more trees to restore woodlands for people and wildlife and tackle the climate emergency head on.
An English oak tree will be planted in each of Bury’s 12 Green Flag parks as part of the Queen’s platinum jubilee celebrations.
Trees planted at a park in Ramsbottom have been vandalised - less than 24 hours after they were put in.
Bury Council is investing £100,000 into Barnfield Park in Prestwich to help it become a blooming inspiration for the whole city-region.
Bury has signed up to national and worldwide movements to tackle climate change and become carbon neutral.
Bury Council and the Forestry Commission have today (Friday) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to drive forward their work to protect and improve green spaces in the borough.
Bury Council consists of six towns, Bury, Ramsbottom, Tottington, Radcliffe, Whitefield and Prestwich. Formed in April 1974 as a result of Local Government re-organisation it was one of the ten original districts that formed the County of Greater Manchester. The Borough has an area of 9,919 hectares (24,511 acres) and serves a population of 187,500.
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