By james art 
In the forest with 18 hectares of the former Bradley Surface Mina site near Leadgate and Dipton, there will be 36,000 new trees and shrubs.
More than 170 children from Leadgate Primary School, Colliere Primary School, Bishop Ian Ramsay Primary School, Virgin Mary’s Primary School and St. Patrick’s primary school have participated in the tree planting project.
Mining banks, site owners, invited schools and other community groups to participate in the project to help involve the community in the creation of the forest.
CIC CIC teams, the construction of CIC for self -confidence and the Headgate Health Walkers group, along with the locals, also participated in the project.
More than 2000 trees have been planted during the weekly project, with Tilhill Forestry already continuing to plant the forest, which is expected to be completed by the end of March.
Christine Thomas, CEO of Building Self Fife Cio, said: “We manage a number of environmental projects and we also have our own community garden, so planting the forest was something that our team really wanted to get involved with.
“The help of creating a long -term heritage, as part of the regeneration of this site, is really important to us and we are excited to see the forest ripen in the future.”
Mandy Kelly, founder of Random’s Retreat, said: “We have made a lot of re -appointment and planting our own site and find that users of services that do this job receive a true sense of property, belonging and achievement from what they created S ”
The project is supported by the Bradley Relationship Committee, chaired by advisor Alan Shields, and the proposal to create forests in England, administered by the Forest Committee.
About 93 percent of the trees in the new forest will be deciduous trees, including pernucket oak, oak, hazelnut, cherry, crab apple and birch.
New pedestrian paths are also being created to maximize public access to the site.
Kate Culverhouse, Community Relationship Manager at Banks Group, said: “The help we have had from local volunteers of all ages to start creating this valuable new community asset was fantastic and great to see how enthusiastic they were All who were all, all were all who were all, all were all who were all all inclusion. ”
The Yorkshire Forest Committee and the Northeast Krispin Torne Director said: “This is a fantastic example of how communities can gather to create durable green spaces that will benefit both humans and wildlife.”