Andrew Gwynne, MP for Denton and Reddish, has encouraged constituents to get involved with a tree-planting session taking place this Friday (3 March) in Jet Amber Fields at 10am.

The session is being organised by the Mersey River Trust, who will be joined by volunteer staff from United Utilities.  

The Mersey Rivers Trust is a charity working in partnership with all those interested in improving local rivers and waterways. It is a member of the national Rivers Trust movement. Split into three catchments, it covers Liverpool City Region, Greater Manchester and Cheshire.  

500 willows and other trees that strengthen the riverbank will be planted, with the Environment Agency, Mersey Rivers Trust and United Utilities donating towards the effort.  

The funding was secured via the River Tame Working Group – part of the Upper Mersey Catchment Partnership and which brings together a number of River Tame stakeholders including Friends of the Tame Valley. 

Gwynne, who himself helped found community group Friends of the Tame Valley, said:  

“I’d like to thank the Environment Agency, Mersey Rivers Trust and United Utilities for their donations to make this tree-planting session a reality.  

“On Friday volunteers from the Trust and UU will join forces, and will need as much help as they can get.  

“If you’re free Friday morning, please bring a spade and join this local effort to plant these beautiful trees, which will be enjoyed for generations to come”.  

The tree planting effort is taking place on Friday 3 March, meeting at 10am at Broomstair Farm (Syndicate Farm), access off the Hyde Road, facing Watson Street (taking the street track which runs underneath the motorway). Volunteers are asked to bring a spade. 

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