More than 4,000 trees have been planted in St Albans.
On Saturday 726 people gathered at the Woodland Trust’s Heartwood Forest to plant the trees.
In amongst the crowd was Mayor of St Albans Geoff Harrison and his wife Moira Steton, who got stuck in with the tree planting and got to know some of the young, green-fingered enthusiasts.
Louise Neicho, site manager for the Woodland Trust, said: "By the end of the spring we hope to have planted half a million trees in a little over five years, which would not have been at all possible without the fantastic on-going support from people locally.
"The new trees are already having a positive impact on wildlife and increased numbers of people are visiting the site, we hope this will continue."
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