Louise Moir, Head of Marketing at Haskins, says that their 4 garden centres in the south have arranged with the Horticultural Trade Association for the free tree saplings to be made available for distribution from late November, ready for the record attempt.

“ We are expecting delivery of hundreds of the saplings to each garden centre which will be available to collect free of charge,” said Louise Moir. “We hope that as many people as possible will support this record attempt as it will have a positive, long term effect on our local environment and wildlife.”