Sycamore Gap tree saplings to be planted across UK
by Mark Brown North of England correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#71N9Q)
National Trust begins planting the 49 trees of hope' so the illegally felled tree can live on in a positive way
Saplings from the felled Sycamore Gap tree are to be planted across the UK, including at a pit disaster site, a town still healing from the Troubles and a place which became an international symbol of peace, protest and feminism.
The National Trust said planting of 49 saplings, known as trees of hope", would begin on Saturday. It is hoped that the sycamore will live on in a positive, inspirational way.
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