A NEW woodland is set to be created to the north-east of Droitwich Spa as part of plans to plant 150,000 trees across the county.
The site in Dodderhill parish has been revealed by Worcestershire County Council, along with another in Upton Snodsbury near Worcester.
A third site will be announced later in the summer which will help the authority meet its target.
These new sites will join the existing woodlands in the programme – at the New Farm site in Norton and the Blackstone Picnic Place site in Bewdley.
A total of 50,000 trees, a third of the target, will have been planted by the end of the current planting season.
Coun Richard Morris, Worcestershire County Council’s Cabinet Member for the Environment, said: “The announcement of two of our new tree planting sites, is a real progress point for this project.
“Our commitment to creating new woodlands across the county is a key part of our plan to shape Worcestershire’s future and the progress in Bewdley and at New Farm has been great to see.
“I look forward to seeing these two new sites grow and develop as we continue towards our target.
“I’d like to thank our officers, contractors and local members for all their hard work and dedication in helping this project come together so far.”
This project will also see the county become more pollinator-friendly as land alongside the tree planting areas has been set aside as wildflower meadows.
And it is hoped a new wetland will be created adjacent to the river Avon.
The tree planting sites will create new native broadleaved woodland across Worcestershire.
