DEVON Wildlife trust are offering out free trees this month at a series of special tree events taking place across Devon.

The Saving Devon’s Treescapes project is marking the beginning of National Tree Week on Saturday 26 November with four tree give-aways, known as ‘tree hubs’. Each begins at 10am and continues until all trees are given away!

The venues for each event are:

► Devon Wildlife Trust’s Meeth Quarry nature reserve, near Hatherleigh.

► Village hall, Buckland-in-the-Moor, Dartmoor.

► Orchard House, Pyworthy, Holsworthy, Devon.

► South Brent Old School Community Centre.

Entry is free and open to all. As well as being able to pick up a sapling to plant at home, visitors will also be able to join a guided walk where they’ll learn how to identify common trees and talk to a woodland creation adviser about what support is available.

Devon Wildlife Trust’s Rosie Cotgreave is the project lead for Saving Devon’s Treescapes. Rosie said: ‘These are our first tree hub events of what will be a busy winter. Our mission is to replace trees lost across Devon to the terrible scourge of ash dieback disease.

‘Ash dieback is having a devastating impact on our landscape which is why it’s vital that people are able to plant the right trees in the right place..

‘At each event we will be giving away sapling trees of Devon species. Every tree will come with an easy to follow guide to its planting, protection and aftercare. We will only have limited trees at each event, so I’d urge people to get to the venues early.’