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The Woodland Trust and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs are hoping to plant one million trees by 2020, focussing on urban schools in the UK.

ACS eBooks BlogIn a recent blog (click here to read the Plants Can Help Learning Blog), we talked about how new research has found that plants and greenery can actually help students to learn. Research by Li and Sullivan, from the University of Illinois in 2016 (from the Landscape and Urban Planning Journal) found that students in high school will perform better in tests if they are in a classroom where they can see a green landscape, compared to being in a room where they can only see other buildings.

The researchers found that students’ attention increased by 13% when they had a green view.

This new initiative will see pupils attending city schools in England planting mini forests in their playgrounds.  The Chief Executive of the Woodland Trust, Beccy Speight, says they want to “bring an oasis of green” into schools.

This is interesting as Li and Sullivan recommended that educators put more greenery into their school environments to focus and encourage learning.  It will be interesting to see how this works out in the future.

If want to learn more about options for greenery in the world, then why not have a look at

Green Gardens and Roofs
Natural Garden Design
Landscaping I
Playground Design