Stump Up For Trees Update 2024

We’d like to say a very big Thank You to our customers for raising over £1000 to support our local Stump Up For Trees campaign; we‘ve matched your donations and altogether we’ve financed 600+ trees so far! Here’s a picture of one of the new trees – so amazing to see them taking shape.

Stump Up For Trees are a small community charity, aiming to plant a million trees in the Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park.

It costs, on average, £4 to plant and maintain one tree for 12 years in this area (£5 with fencing). We will match every £2 contribution made by you, to tend a tree to a self-sustaining age.

As a family and a local business, we are committed to planting a thousand trees as a measure to offset unavoidable food miles, plastic and energy use at our Smokery. The plan is to plant the top ends of our 3 small fields with mixed hardwoods including eventually plenty of Sweet Chestnut, which can be managed by coppicing in the future. We also want to replenish the wonderful ancient hedgerows creating wider, thicker, and more effective wildlife corridors.

We’ve planted 200 trees provided by Stump Up For Trees this spring with the help of family and friends. The different species include Hawthorne, Hazel, Wild Cherry, Oak, Birch, Rowan, Guelder Rose, Dog Rose and Holly. They’re mixed native hedgerow species that will encourage insects and birds with their flowers and berries and eventually provide shelter.

We’ve also planted the bank in front of the trees with bee-friendly wild flowers: wild carrot, teasel, daisies and valerian so we’re looking forward to seeing those as well in the coming months. Next year we hope to be able to put in the Sweet Chestnut trees.

So make sure you add £2 to your order so we can fund a tree on your behalf and offset the carbon footprint of your parcel!