Five new 'tiny forests' to be planted
Five new "tiny forests" are to be planted across Leicester by the spring.
Sites in three schools and two parks across the city have been earmarked for the new "high density" planting.
The new sites will increase the city's tiny forest network past 30 sites, nearly all of which are currently on the grounds of Leicester schools.
The £158,000 scheme will also see 206 trees which have been lost to disease replaced.
Tiny forests are about the size of a tennis court.
Previously unplanted areas are packed with about 600 native trees.
The method, developed in the 1970s by Akira Miyawaki, creates woodlands which grow rapidly and require minimal management but are "biodiverse and impactful", said the council.
The latest tiny forests will be created at Featherstone Drive Open Space and Netherhall Open Space, as well as on the campuses of Montrose School, North Mead Primary and Eyres Monsell Primary.
All planting is set to be completed by the end of March, said the council.
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