Local people and school children come together to plant trees across Portsmouth as part of city MP Stephen Morgan’s Vote 100 Plant 100 efforts
One hundred trees to commemorate the centenary of women’s suffrage have been planted to celebrate the centenary of women’s right to vote as well as looking forward to what women can achieve in the next 100 years.
Recent planting included at Newbridge Junior School in Fratton and Home of Comfort Charitable Nursing Home in Southsea.
Joined by local tree wardens, community members and school children, the initiative brings to an end Stephen Morgan MP’s series of ideas and events over the last year to celebrate 100 years since the first women were given the right to vote and stand for Parliament.
This celebration has culminated in a constituency-wide venture to plant one hundred trees in Portsmouth South. The community has come together to support Stephen with the plan to trees at various locations across the city’s communities to leave a legacy for the future. Stephen has been joined by volunteers ranging from 4 years old to residents of a local nursing home getting their hands dirty and planting.
A team from Newbridge Junior School and residents at Home of Comfort Nursing Home joined the MP on the latest round of planting, with the support of Octopus Energy.
Stephen Morgan MP said:
“It is great to mark a centenary of women’s suffrage by planting 100 trees in Portsmouth South as part of my Vote 100 Portsmouth initiative.
It is so important to pay tribute to the heroic women who tirelessly fought for their democratic rights 100 years ago as well as seize the opportunity to look forward to what women will achieve in the next 100 years. This project has highlighted how much the people of Portsmouth value the contribution women made a century ago in their fight for equality.
It is wonderful to have had such a great response from the community. The tree wardens have been invaluable in sharing their extensive knowledge with volunteers from across the city.
I‘m hugely thankful for the donation of trees from both The Tree Council and Octopus Energy as well as their support with pupils from Newbridge Junior and residents from Home of Comfort for planting them.
We are all looking forward to seeing our trees grow and flourish in the future.”
The Vote 100 Plant 100 project has been supported by Portsmouth-based international design company I Love Dust who designed the logo for the project as well as creating a map to plot where the 100 trees were planted.
