Eastbourne & The Queen's Green Canopy
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Eastbourne
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The Queen’s Green Canopy project is our Queen's chosen way for us to leave a legacy of her Platinum Jubilee – to plant trees and shrubs to celebrate her reign.
Anyone can take part, plant any kind of tree anywhere, and record the planting at queensgreencanopy.org
In Eastbourne, we have decided to do something rather special.
The Queen spent holidays in Eastbourne as a young girl, and her father formally opened the town’s downlands when Eastbourne council bought them in 1929. To leave a lasting legacy of her Jubilee, we are setting out on a 5-year project to regenerate the slopes of the South Downs above Eastbourne, transforming a wilderness of bramble and dead ash into a rich haven for wildlife and a beautiful and engaging experience for us all.
Everyone living in Eastbourne in this Jubilee year will be able to reserve their own unique spot on the map. You can name it, record your memories of the Queen, and upload a photograph and description. We want this to become a permanent record of our town and its people in this Jubilee year.
We will be raising money to fund the project through sponsorship – from £10 for a pair of tree seedlings and a place to put them to £1,000 for a three or four-year-old tree in a prominent position on the path.
You can also sponsor benches and works of art.
We would like to reserve special places on the avenue for groups of Eastbourne people who share a common interest or identity that they would like to celebrate as part of the Jubilee.
To register an interest in sponsoring a tree, and for more detail of our plans as they develop, visit Eastbourneqgc.org
To register an interest in sponsoring seating or a work of art, please email trees@eastbourneqgc.org
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