Middleton Wood Meadow: A Tale of Good Community Planting

A bit of news for the website. We thought you might like to see how trees well-planted 18 months ago are fairing at high summer – and it is good news! We pride ourselves on good planning and planting trees properly so that they get the best possible start. This area of Middleton Wood Meadow…

CTMK Gets “Magic Little Grant”

CTMK has been awarded a grant of £500 from “Magic Little Grants” a scheme run by Localgiving in partnership with The People’s Postcode Lottery.   This will help us with the operational cost of organising events – insurance, van hire, equipment, buying trees, etc – so that we can keep providing free trees for community…

Rochfords, Coffee Hall – Two Years On

One of our first projects in December 2020 was working with Woughton Community Council and Milton Keynes Youth Cabinet to plant an edible hedge and a small orchard at Rochfords in Coffee Hall. We pride ourselves on planting trees properly so that they get the best possible start.    So, going back two years later,…

Community Tree Planting in Milton Keynes: Another Great Season Draws to a Close

Wow – what a community effort! Together with our Partners at The Parks Trust Milton Keynes, Broughton and Milton Keynes Village Parish Council and Newport Pagnell Town Council, local communities have planted more than 2000 trees since our first tree planting event this season in November 2022. Trees were donated by the Woodland Trust and…

Middleton Wood Meadow: MK Schools Plant More of Their Wood

Schools tree planting week was a little more challenging this February because it clashed with industrial action by teachers. Nevertheless, six MK schools managed to plant more than 270 trees to add to the area of the Wood Meadow planted by MK schools. Together with The Parks Trust, we were still able to increase the…

Middleton Wood Meadow: Family Planting Morning

Our friends at The Parks Trust are having a family tree planting morning on Wednesday 1st March 09:30-11:00 For more info and to book a place for your family, click on this link       THEPARKSTRUST.COM Community Volunteering: Family Tree Planting Middleton Wood Meadow 2023-03-01

Middleton Wood Meadow: A Great Community Effort!

Saturday 18th February, 2023 saw the greatest number yet of community planters turn out to deliver the next stage of Middleton Wood Meadow.   More than 75 volunteers joined CTMK and The Parks Trust at Middleton Park and put 400 new trees and shrubs in the ground to complete the bank near the new newt…

Hornbeam Bike Park: Adding the Finishing Touch!

More than 50 volunteer planters joined CTMK and Newport Pagnell Town Council at the new Hornbeam Bike Park on Saturday 11th February, 2023.  They completed the project by putting 300 new trees and shrubs in the ground to create a new hedge to hide the palisade fence next to the motorway and a new copse…

Exciting Opportunities to Plant Trees in February!

CTMK have two community tree planting projects coming up in February. All you have to do is sign up on Eventbrite. Saturday, 11th February Hornbeam Park, Newport Pagnell CTMK is partnering with Newport Pagnell Town Council to plant a new hedgerow and a copse at the new bike tracks on Hornbeam Park. For full details…

Tree Planting Sessions to Restore Ancient Woodlands

One of CTMK’s partners, The Parks Trust Milton Keynes, is running six sessions to plant oak saplings in Linford Wood, Shenley Wood and Howe Park Wood. This is part of the acorn collection that was launched in 2021. They need around 10-15 adult planters per session. If you would like to help, please registered to…