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A Jersey charity has unearthed some of our favourite flora.
Jersey Trees for Life launched a Channel Island competition earlier this year to encourage us to appreciate the beauty of our local trees and to find out what 'Trees We Love".
And visitors flying in to the Island next week during National Tree week can see exactly what trees we do love when snaps taken by the competition winners here are going on display in the Arrivals Hall at Jersey Airport.
Acting Guernsey Trees for Life Chair Michelle Levrier said: “These photos demonstrate an amazing passion for trees in all their glory, as well as an appreciation of the sculptural aspects of trees in our local landscape. Well done to everybody who entered and shared these wonderful images with us”.
A dozen tree shots taken by photographers in both Jersey and Guernsey will also feature in the 2016 RUBIS (Fuel Supplies CI) calendar including those taken by the Jersey winner Tony Gray and the runner-up Mike Etienne.
JTfL’s education officer Michel Morel said: “I am delighted that RUBiS have been so supportive of this initiative which will hopefully encourage Islanders to consider how important trees are in our environment, not only for reasons of ecology but also as agents which absorb carbon dioxide, the gas largely believed to be one of the main drivers of climate change and global warming.”
Rubis Channel Islands Head of Sales & Marketing Nick Crolla said: “RUBiS takes its environmental responsibilities very seriously and is proud to support initiatives that reduce the impact of fossil fuel consumption in the Channel Islands.
Guernsey Trees for Life and Jersey Trees for Life are the only charities whose work helps to remove CO2 from the atmosphere. We have been delighted to work with the two charities to develop the Trees We Love competition and want to congratulate, and thank all of the entrants. Their hard work, creativity and imagination will be enjoyed all year round in our 2016 calendar.”
The UK’s top tree last year was an oak tree in Nottinghamshire believed to have sheltered Robin Hood and his merry men. It went on to come sixth in an international competition won by an oak tree on a football pitch in Estonia.
(pictured: The winning Jersey shot by Tony Gray)
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