Tag: Jersey Trees for Life
Radisson Blu team plant 4 trees and 236 hedging whips for Jersey Trees for Life
On Monday 18th February a team of nine staff from the Radisson Blu Waterfront Hotel joined Conrad Evans and Don Jones of Jersey Trees for life and took to Rue du Carrefour au Clercq in Grouville to begin their task of planting trees and small hedging whips. This was the second time the team had [...]
Radisson Blu team plant 20 trees and 130 hedging whips for Jersey Tress for Life
Last week, a team of six staff from the Radisson Blu Waterfront Hotel joined Conrad Evans and Don Jones of Jersey Trees for Life and took to the St. Saviour / Grouville border to begin their task of planting trees and small hedging whips. The tree planting was the first action in a packed two [...]
Radisson Blu extends its roots in Jersey to mark 5th birthday
The Radisson Blu Waterfront hotel first opened its doors to the Jersey public on 1st November 2007. Now five years on, the hotel will celebrate its birthday with a special gift to the community. Traditionally, five-year anniversaries are marked with wood since this wonderful natural material symbolizes strength and longevity. The Radisson Blu has taken [...]
Workwise volunteers boost countryside restoration
Volunteers from employment scheme Workwise have been helping Jersey Trees for Life to restore a piece of Jersey countryside as part of the charity’s 75th anniversary celebrations. The team of ten volunteers, all of whom are currently unemployed, have been helping to restore the arboretum adjoining the Val de la Mare reservoir in St Ouen. [...]
RBS International undertakes community project for Jersey Trees for Life
RBS International’s Treasury Investor Solutions FX Sales team recently spent the day rejuvenating Jersey Trees for Life’s storage shed at Val de la Mar. Six members of staff helped to prepare the shed for treatment and apply two coats of preservative paint on the outside of the shed before clearing out the inside, put up [...]
Local landscape architect encourages islanders to help ‘Clean up the World’
Ahead of international Clean up the World weekend, local landscape architect and committee member of Jersey Trees for Life, Michael Felton, is calling on islanders to make a ‘positive contribution to a cleaner and healthier world’. Clean up the World weekend, which takes place from 16-18 September, is an annual event that sees people from [...]
RBS International branches out to support the Jersey Hedgerow Campaign
As part of Jersey Trees for Life’s Hedgerow Campaign, RBS International employees recently swapped office attire for gardening gloves to maintain a bank near Green Island in St Clement. Fifteen staff members spent the day brandishing sickles and sheers to cut back weeds and overgrowth to encourage whips, which had been planted earlier in the [...]
Historic Manor House Garden to open to the public
Jersey Trees for Life is delighted to announce that Mr Philip Malet de Carteret, the Seigneur de St Ouen, has kindly agreed to open the gardens of this historic home to members of the general public on Sunday July 24th. Earliest records of the house date from 1135 and it has been home to those who have played [...]
Working Together for Jersey Children
Jersey Dairy and Jersey Trees for Life are working together to teach Island children about local food production, farming methods and the environment. The partnership results from the dairy’s ongoing sponsorship of Jersey Trees for Life’s educational initiatives for young Islanders, in particular the Dairy Days on the Hedge which focuses on the value of [...]
Community Service benefits Jersey Trees for Life’s Hedgerow Campaign!
The local charity charged with the task of re-stocking the Island’s hedgerows is receiving valuable assistance from the States’ Probation and After-Care Service. As the whole Island community will benefit in the long term, working groups of offenders have been lending a hand under the Probation Community Service scheme. The planting project is being funded by the local charity [...]
