Puxton Park Joins Weston College in Supporting Queen's Green Canopy

A new tree now proudly stands outside the Animal Management Education Centre at North Somerset's popular tourist attraction: Puxton Park in support of the Queen's Green Canopy (QGP).

Sustainability Governor Ian Porter met with Puxton Park Managing Director Alistair Mead to mark the planting of the new apple tree. They were also joined by Animal Management learners and staff (as well as a few furry residents!) 

As well as being a popular tourist attraction, Puxton Park is where both Weston College and University Centre Weston Animal Management learners undertake their studies. Opening in 2019, The Animal Management Education Centre allows learners to get real experience in a public facing environment, working with a huge range of animals. 

Puxton Park is one of the College’s many business partners that Dr Paul Phillips CBE has been encouraging to take part in the national campaign to support the The QGC. This is a unique tree planting initiative created to mark Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022 which invites people from across the United Kingdom to “Plant a Tree for the Jubilee”.

This tree is the latest of many with the first at the College’s South West Skills Campus on Locking Road, Weston-super-Mare, closely followed by two more trees at Loxton Campus as well as Uncle Paul’s Chilli Charity at Butcombe Farm. 

The College’s support in this campaign to celebrate the Jubilee, is very much led by the Principal Dr Paul Phillips CBE who added "this is just one of many of the College’s green initiatives which ties in to our wider sustainability and social action framework. It is great to see Puxton Park support the Queen’s Green Canopy and I am looking forward to seeing others in the area pin their trees to the map!"

Visit www.queensgreencanopy.org to see who’s already planted in your area and how to pin your tree to the interactive Jubilee map, as well as to find out more information to engage with wider sustainability in support of Her Majesty the Queen. The best tree planting season is till the end of March, and restarts in October for the end of the year.