Limavady Children Join A Growing Initiative

16 December 2003
LIMAVADY CHILDREN JOIN A GROWING INITIATIVE
Every pupil at a Limavady school was today given a sapling as part of an innovative campaign to encourage more tree planting in the North West.
The Trees of the North West initiative - a joint venture between the Department for Social Development and the Conservation Volunteers - was officially launched at Drumachose Primary School by Margaret Miskelly, Deputy Director of the North West Development Office. She said:
"This is a natural development from the original ‘Trees in the City’ project which was first launched in Londonderry in 1997. This partnership with Conservation Volunteers was very successful and we are now delighted to extend it to the Limavady and Strabane areas.
"Today each pupil in Drumachose School will be given a tree to plant and this will be extended to every primary school child in the Limavady area during the winter planting season."
The objectives of the initiative are to improve the environmental quality of the area, the understanding of the environment and to involve local communities and groups in practical steps to enhance the quality of the area were they live.
By involving every primary school in the Strabane and Limavady areas a total of three thousand trees will be distributed. These trees will be planted either in school grounds or in pupil’s gardens at home.
Guests at today’s launch included Anne Brolly, Mayor of Limavady, and Andrew McIvor, Manager of Supervalu Limavady, who supplied biodegradable packaging for the trees.
The Strabane launch was hosted at St Mary’s Boys School recently.

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