SILHILLIANS can get free trees as part of a scheme to boost and protect the borough’s rural landscape.

The Arden Free Tree Scheme is open to local individuals and groups – including a business or a school – wishing to create hedgerows or small woodlands on their own land within Solihull.

Run by Solihull Council in partnership with Birmingham Airport, the scheme aims to protect and enhance the rural character of the borough and the wider Arden landscape by promoting the planting of traditional, native trees and shrubs, helping to create a strong sense of place and local distinctiveness while also reducing carbon in the atmosphere.