Tree rescue for Palethorpes wildflower way
The Compleat Nature team at our Palethorpes Bakery is prioritising the creation of spaces to increase biodiversity with the added benefit of enhancing green areas for the wellbeing of colleagues. In June 2024, the team spotted an advert in a local newspaper, looking for a ‘forever home’ for 30 oak and birch tree saplings that had been discarded by a local building site. With support from our technical colleagues and a risk assessment from our field biologist, the team planted them in front of the bakery in July 2024.
The trees now mark the new perimeter of space where Compleat Nature initiatives take place. Colleagues voted that the area should be named Wildflower Way, and the grass was turned over and seeds sown to prepare for the creation of a wildflower meadow for all to enjoy in spring. Four AgriSound insect monitoring units have also been installed at Palethorpes to monitor pollinator levels in real-time and provide baseline data that helps plan for and show the impact of future initiatives to attract pollinators. So far, we’ve installed 13 AgriSound devices across six Compleat sites, which means we can learn from projects across our locations.
Everyone at the site is looking forward to seeing Wildflower Way bloom, and thanks to the Compleat Nature team’s community blog post on the project, will have plenty of inspiration to grow their own wildflowers at home.
The Palethorpes Compleat Nature team has done an amazing job so far in the implementation of initiatives onsite that will benefit nature, the environment and colleagues. Their engagement with the local community to help save trees that were destined to end up in a skip is immensely heartwarming.