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In Pictures: Tree planting at Malone Playing Fields - One Million Trees for Belfast

A total of 500 native saplings have been planted at Malone Playing Fields as part of the One Million Trees for Belfast initiative.

Belfast Deputy Lord Mayor with Queen's staff, students and local residents at the tree planting at Malone Playing Fields, November 2022
Planting the saplings are (l-r): Chair of Sans Souci Residents Colette Murphy; Head of Sustainability at Queen's University Sara Lynch; Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor Michael Alcorn; Equality and Diversity Officer at Queen's Students' Union Kieron Portbury; Belfast Deputy Lord Mayor Cllr Michelle Kelly; The Conservation Volunteers' Chris Wood; Head Gardener Paul Wallace; and Queen's Volunteer Sophie McCool.

Four hundred saplings started life as acorns collected from Belvoir Forest and cared for by local residents and The Conservation Volunteers at Lennoxvale Tree Nursery, which was formed in 2019 on a vacant brown field site within Queen's Campus, and the other 100 came from the Grounds and Garden Team at Queen's.

Belfast City Council Deputy Lord Mayor Cllr Michelle Kelly and Professor Michael Alcorn, Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Strategic Projects) lent a hand to plant the trees into their new home alongside Queen's staff, students and residents of nearby Sans Souci Residents Association.

staff volunteers helping to plant saplings at Malone Playing Fields
Staff and Sans Souci Residents Association volunteers lend a hand
student volunteers helping to plant saplings at Malone Playing Fields
Student volunteers get stuck in to tree planting
local resident volunteers helping to plant saplings at Malone Playing Fields
Sans Souci Residents Association volunteers lend a hand
Belfast Deputy Lord Mayor with Paul Wallace, Sara Lynch and Michael Alcorn at the tree planting at Malone Playing Fields, November 2022
Head Gardener Paul Wallace, Head of Sustainability at Queen's University Sara Lynch, Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor Michael Alcorn and Belfast Deputy Lord Mayor Cllr Michelle Kelly
student volunteers helping to plant saplings at Malone Playing Fields
SU Equality and Diversity Officer Kieron Portbury with student volunteers
local resident volunteers helping to plant saplings at Malone Playing Fields
Sans Souci Residents Association volunteers Jim Beggs and Colette Murphy
student volunteers helping to plant saplings at Malone Playing Fields
Group of student volunteers
Belfast Deputy Lord Mayor with Queen's staff and student at the tree planting at Malone Playing Fields, November 2022
Lending at hand to volunteers are: Head of Sustainability at Queen's University Sara Lynch; Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor Michael Alcorn; Equality and Diversity Officer at Queen's Students' Union Kieron Portbury; and Belfast Deputy Lord Mayor Cllr Michelle Kelly.
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