Horsham neighbours club together to buy a tree in new council planting scheme
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The tree - a flowering Japanese cherry - has now been planted near the neighbours’ homes.
It is one of more than 300 young trees now being planted across West Sussex as part of the county council’s ‘Donate a Tree’ scheme.
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Hide AdHorsham born-and-bred Sue Sheppard said: “A tree blew down last winter in the grass area in front of our homes in Horsham and fell over a footpath.
![Tom Williams from Balfour Beatty Living Places delivers a flowering Japanese Cherry tree to Sue Sheppard and her Horsham neighbours](https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/webimg/T0FLMTM0OTgzODA0.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&width=640&quality=65)
![Tom Williams from Balfour Beatty Living Places delivers a flowering Japanese Cherry tree to Sue Sheppard and her Horsham neighbours](/img/placeholder.png)
“I was on the council’s website, looking at how to report it, when I noticed the ‘Donate a Tree’ scheme and thought it sounded interesting.
“A group of neighbours started a WhatsApp group when Covid-19 started and a number of us clubbed together to contribute to the scheme.”
Most of the 300 trees have been part-funded by residents and will receive an annual visit from a council tree maintenance team who will carry out any routine maintenance or pruning for the first three years after planting.