Students join forces to support tree-planting scheme

New project designed to show how agriculture can help boost nature and biodiversity

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Hartpury students are undertaking planting to support the Severn Treescapes project
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Hartpury students are undertaking planting to support the Severn Treescapes project

A total of 5,000 hedge plants and five hectares of trees in key areas of farmland will be planted by staff and students in Gloucestershire over the next year as part of a partnership with local wildlife...

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