The Mayor of Bromley has planted a tree in Cyphers Gate, Beckenham to celebrate the Queens Platinum Jubilee.

The oak sapling was placed last Friday on the seventieth day of the seventieth year of Her Majesty’s accession to the throne.

It was gifted to the Borough by the Lord Lieutenancy, the representative of the Queen in support the Queens Green Canopy campaign which invites people from across the United Kingdom to “Plant a Tree for the Jubilee”.

The Queen’s Green Canopy will also dedicate a network of 70 Ancient Woodlands across the United Kingdom.

Councillor Russell Mellor, the Mayor of Bromley said: “In grateful recognition of the amazing achievement of Her Majesty the Queen’s seventy years of service to our nation and our borough, I am deeply honoured to plant this tree on behalf of the borough.

“Oak trees are deeply symbolic and continue growing for many generations, and in that way, this will be a lasting tribute. I warmly encourage residents to plant a tree if they can, and they too can register it on the Green Canopy website.”

An additional 1500 trees from the Council’s Treemendous planting initiative are also being placed across the borough.

You can view the newly planted trees from across the country on the Queen’s Green Canopy website.

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