Tree O'Clock
As part of National Tree Week, Breathing Places and its partners encouraged people to plant trees in the Tree O'Clock hour, between 11am and 12 noon on Saturday 5 December 2009
Tree O'Clock was a resounding success, with thousands of events taking place at sites and in gardens across the country and around the world.
We estimate that overall you planted as many as 500,000 trees as a result of the initiative – leaving lasting benefits for native wildlife, people and the environment.
Volunteers in Northern Ireland set a new Guinness World Record by planting 26,422 trees at a single site.
Tree O'Clock didn't break the record for planting the most trees in a single hour in multiple locations, but we do know for definite that over 230,000 trees were planted during the all-important hour. So while not a new Guinness World Record, still an incredible achievement and an important legacy.
My role on this project was BBC Learning Producer, co-ordinating all the national events around this campaign.
Tree O'Clock was a resounding success, with thousands of events taking place at sites and in gardens across the country and around the world.
We estimate that overall you planted as many as 500,000 trees as a result of the initiative – leaving lasting benefits for native wildlife, people and the environment.
Volunteers in Northern Ireland set a new Guinness World Record by planting 26,422 trees at a single site.
Tree O'Clock didn't break the record for planting the most trees in a single hour in multiple locations, but we do know for definite that over 230,000 trees were planted during the all-important hour. So while not a new Guinness World Record, still an incredible achievement and an important legacy.
My role on this project was BBC Learning Producer, co-ordinating all the national events around this campaign.
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