By Sebastian Lander
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There is little doubt that the celebrations to mark the Queen's sixty years on the throne will be remembered for years to come.
But long after the bunting comes down, Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee will live on in tens of new large woodlands around the UK.
The Woodland Trust today announced 60 new sites - 'diamond woods' - each at least 60 acres, that are to be planted with native trees.
Springing up: The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Wood in Leicestershire is the flagship site in the scheme
Woods will be created in every region of Britain from Stornoway in the Outer Hebrides to Truro in Cornwall by a range of landowners and organisations including local authorities, universities and businesses, and even the Royal Marines.
The Woodland Trust is creating a flagship 'Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Wood' in the National Forest in Leicestershire - officially opened by Princess Anne, the project's patron, today.
And even the Queen is taking part with a wood to be planted at Balmoral.
Nature experts say people will be able to see evidence of the woodlands in as little as ten years, with native species such as oak, ash, hawthorn, scots pine and rowan reaching up to ten-feet-high.
Leafy legacy: The Queen plants a tree at Sandringham, Norfolk, in February while Princess Anne does her bit at Burghley House in Lincolnshire
The scheme has proved so popular, the Trust has secured an extra six sites for 60-acre woods and is looking for landowners to come forward so it can create 19 princess woods to recognise the years before the Queen ascended to the throne.
The charity said more than 250 smaller 'jubilee woods' will also be created as part of efforts to plant six million trees in 2012.
Woodland Trust jubilee woods director Georgina McLeod said: 'We're absolutely delighted that so many different organisations and landowners have joined with the Trust to create these 60 very special Diamond Woods.
'They will help make a massive difference to the environment and pay a special tribute to Her Majesty the Queen.'
She added: 'By the end of the project millions of people will have planted trees, a testament to the nation's love for trees and our second longest reigning monarch.'
In total, the size of the diamond woods alone will be equivalent to seven times the size of the Olympic park - over 3600 acres.
To find out where the woods are being planted, visit www.woodlandtrust.org.uk.
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Carol, Waco describes you perfectly. As a yank, no she's not YOUr queen, but she IS ours, all parts of the country.
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What about all the ancient woodland they are trying to destroy.
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What a load of Royalist tripe. For some of the native British (ie Welsh and Cornish) she never was our queen and never will be.
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They have just copied the Highland Titles idea. They planted. 60 acre Diamond Jubilee wood in Glencoe six months ago. Good idea though!
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'Native' trees? How treeophobic! This is pure treeism. I demand trees from across the world be planted in the UK. They have just as much right to be here as any other trees. In fact, I should say they are far superior to 'native' British trees. They grow taller and houses more birds. Anyway, what does 'native' even mean?
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In the meantime Councils around the Country are busy tearing up woods to build new homes for the' future influx of people moving here from abroad' not my words but the words of our Council here in Newton Abbot Devon!!! and they say they are a caring council and care about the locals!! yeah whatever.!!!..money money money!!
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Forget that - can you please plant more more trees round those awful distribution sheds and legoset housing estates that blot the landscape.
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