WORCESTERSHIRE’S famous Shelsley Walsh hill climb track is getting a green makeover for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
The Midland Automobile Club is marking the anniversary by planting more than 60 new fruit trees in the old orchard that adjoins the parish church.
The saplings have been grown from budwood taken from the original trees before their removal, and grown nearby in nurseries.
Club volunteers prepared the ground before a range of traditional apple varieties were planted, including Bulmers Bittersweet Red, Laxtons Pippin, Worcester Pom and Crimson Bramley. The project forms part of a national campaign to encourage people from across the UK to plant trees for future generations and to mark the jubilee.
Club commercial manager Mark Constanduros said: “It seems very fitting that the Midland Automobile Club has chosen this Diamond Jubilee year to replant the orchard using old varieties that once grew there. The hard work and dedication of the club members in completing this project is to be applauded and I am sure that we will see the benefit of this scheme in years to come.”
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