Lambert Chapman LLP start tree planting program

As a business we try to do as many green things as we can in an effort to reduce our carbon footprint. We do our best to turn off electrical equipment, keep our printing to a minimum and recycle all the bottles and cans that we use and it is reasonably effective but you cannot see any tangible evidence of our efforts. So when the Channel 4 programme River Cottage showed Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall cooking for a company that were in the country planting trees to reduce their carbon footprint we thought that this might be a project we could undertake that would  provide the tangibility we were seeking.

If every household were to plant 7 trees a year that would in time contra their carbon footprint. Therefore we felt that planting 50 trees each year might go a good way towards achieving the firm’s objectives. What we needed was a place where we could plant so we made enquiries via our staff as to clubs or groups that they were involved with. From this we discovered that the White Court Primary School were looking to plant an area of the field so we offered our assistance to them.

After a site visit and discussion with Mrs Clarke from White Court Primary School we agreed to provide the trees through King & Co the Tree Nursery in Rayne who we know well and enlisted their support to supervise the planting to maximise the survival rate. The School’s aim was to enlist various classes to help plant the trees and we agreed to visit whilst this was ongoing to assist and see how the children were getting on.

Planting took place this week and Steve from King & Co was particularly patient with us all when explaining what routines were required to successfully plant each tree. A variety of trees were planted including Oak, Cherry and Field Maple.

Within the Lambert Chapman LLP group were Nigel Whittle, Nick Forsyth, Lisa Potter, Nigel’s manager Louise Main, Chris Maher from our tax department and an ex-pupil of the School and secretarial support Sue Sibthorpe whose daughter attends the School and offered our assistance to them. They spent an hour on site helping the first groups to plant whilst learning the important points to tree planting.

It is our intention to undertake a planting every spring which coincides neatly with finishing of the tax returns.

We must thank White Court Primary School for allowing us to participate with their project whilst starting our own plus Paul and Steve from King & Co for all their help and advice when planning the project and on the planting day. Having read this if you would like to consider a similar project please contact us on 01376 326266 as we will be happy to provide you with details on costs.

There are more pictures on our Flickr site of the planting day which can be accessed via the flickr logo below.

 

Date:26 February 2010

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