PLATINUM JUBILEE TREE TAKES ROOT IN BEXHILL

Members of the Bexhill Trefoil Guild unveiled a tree planted to honour the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, during their monthly meeting at Guide Headquarters recently.

As part of the Queen’s Green Canopy, a national initiative to plant trees in celebration of the Platinum Jubilee, John and Polly Gray planted a Rowan tree in the front courtyard of Girlguiding Bexhill’s Headquarters on London Road for the Trefoil Guild.

When it blossoms in spring it will attract bees, butterflies, and other pollinating insects, with the berries attracting birds in the autumn. The Rowan tree should live for around 200 years, hopefully growing alongside future generations of Rainbows, Brownies and Guides enjoying their guiding adventures in Bexhill.

In addition to the young tree, Polly and John also planted a rose bush, appropriately named the Queen Elizabeth, to celebrate 60 years of the Bexhill Trefoil Guild, a branch of Girlguiding for adult members. Following the unveiling in

Headquarters.

The Queen’s Green Canopy initially was due