Acorn Antics

Natural Resources Wales invited education groups from across Wales to collect acorns. As many of our native tree species, like oak, have been affected by harmful pests and diseases over recent years, the Acorn Antics campaign was designed to ensure that young oak saplings planted on the Welsh Government estate in the future will be better suited to local conditions, and have a better growth rate and resistance to disease. 

Pupils from Cardiff High School (Welsh Baccalaureate volunteers) worked with the friends on Monday, October 20th, to collect acorns in Woods Covert. The acorns were then sent to the Forestry Commission nursery in Cheshire to be grown onto to saplings.  They will return to Wales to be planted in woodlands and forests close to where their originated.

We were also paid for this collection and the money will be used to buy plants for the Nant Fawr area.