Royal Hospital School (RHS) in Holbrook has continued with its 'Grow With Us' campaign and has planted 100 trees already this month, with the support of Woodbridge-based luxury  independent travel agency Deben Travel.   

The school started the campaign back in 2019 before the pandemic and committed to planting a tree for every new pupil that joins the school.

A number of the trees were kindly donated by Deben Travel, as part of their commitment to offsetting their carbon footprint. 

Simon Lockyer, headmaster at RHS said: "We are delighted that Deben Travel has partnered with RHS to plant trees that can help with carbon offset as we understand that this is a growing consideration for travel companies. 

"As a site within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the establishment of tree habitats is incredibly valuable and also adds to the aesthetic.

"We also have several projects in the pipeline to develop areas of our woodland for the benefit of our community's wellbeing."

"We have been able to purchase a significant number of Lime trees, which are particularly good at supporting carbon capture, balanced with trees such as Hornbeam and Silver Birch that support local animal habitats.

"All our trees are locally sourced and are planted using local mushroom compost to support their growth. It is really important for our local environment that we continue to plant trees as we lose a number each year to natural causes." 

Deben Travel's Lee Hunt and RHS headmaster Simon Lockyer

Lee Hunt, Managing Director at Deben Travel, said: "We committed to our overseas travel customers that we will offset some of their carbon footprint to support a local tree planting campaign.

"We are delighted to have partnered with the Royal Hospital School over the next three years to support such an area of outstanding beauty and we look forward to seeing these young trees, and more over the coming years, become more established to benefit future generations." 

 *RHS recently announced it would be offering 100 bursaries.