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Putting the Tree
West Midlands, home of two Interact clubs. Tree 13 was
planted in my own district 1060, at Canley Ford, Coventry,
into ‘Ro-Tree’
where I was involved in planting a small coppice in 1995 when
a DG. Tree 14 was a liquidambar, planted at Chigwell Riding
RIBI President’s Tree-mendous Tree-tise
Trust for people with special needs. I planted Tree 15, a birch,
at Meadow House Hospice in Southall, where John Sergeant,
journalist and TV ‘Strictly’ dancer attended. Westonbirt
T
he General Council is very keen to raise Rotarian, and
Arboretum, in a spot adjacent to the Rotary Centennial Glade,
public, awareness of the environment. In October, I
was the location for Tree 16, an acer, planted with the spade
wrote about doing this by planting trees on my travels,
used by HRH Prince Charles when the Glade was inaugurated.
gaining publicity for clubs and the organisations
Liverpool City RC, one of our newest clubs, actively supports
and projects they support. By 31st December, I had planted
the community centre where Tree 17, an apple tree, went in
eighteen.
with a little help from the kindergarten class. Tree 18 was a
large oak to celebrate the 50th Charter Anniversary of West
Tree 1 was in Birkenhead Park, a true Friendship Tree in
Bridgford RC, near Nottingham. I am most grateful to all that
the tradition of Rotary’s Founder, Paul Harris, who planted
have enabled this idea to take root.
50 friendship trees around the world. Tree 2 was a ‘virtual’
planting pending permission for it to stay at the International
The tree-hugging photo was taken near High Wycombe,
Eisteddfod site in Llangollen. A handkerchief tree, Tree 3,
where the 1987 Great Storm devastated an avenue of oaks.
celebrated the 20th anniversary of a hospice in Shrewsbury.
This was restored with lime trees as part of Operation Tree
Tree 4 was a weeping willow at Ball Green Primary School in
Link, a club project involving children at home and abroad
Stoke-on-Trent, followed by a lime, Tree 5, in Moss Bank Park,
planting trees as part of the Preserve Planet Earth initiative.
Bolton. Trees 6 and 7 were oaks, planted in Nidderdale AONB
Incidentally, D1020, rather than giving gifts to speakers at its
in the Yorkshire Dales. Tree 8, a hornbeam, was planted at
Conference, donated 40 trees to help restore the Caledonian
Wallingford, Oxfordshire – a place visited by Paul Harris, as
Forest.
he grew up in Wallingford, Vermont. The Rotary Centennial
Garden in Woodley Park, Berkshire, was the site for Tree 9,
At the RI Convention I learned that if every Rotarian
a prunus. A mountain ash, Tree 10, was planted 900 feet
planted three trees, that would cover the carbon emissions for
above sea level on Exmoor at the Calvert Trust, supported by
all Rotary meetings attended, club, district, conference and
Rotarians who fund courses for young carers and those with
even the RIBI Conference in Bournemouth, 16-18 April 2010,
special needs. Millom in Cumbria was the location of Tree 11, a
a magical tree-t! Rest assured, I’ll be branching out in 2010.
maple planted to mark the first RotaKids club in D1190.
Tree 12, a tulip tree, was planted at a school in Wednesbury,
David Fowler
8 ROTARY TODAY FEBRUARY 2010
RIBI President 2009–10
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