Monday 13th December 2010 - Published by Kelly Jackson - Communications Executive

Green fingered Conference venue in tree-planting drive

A conference centre in Worcester is on a tree-planting drive, in a bid to be greener.

In recognition of National Tree Week, which ran throughout the first week of December, Deer Park Hall, in Eckington, pledged to plant one tree for every twenty guests visiting the venue in the future.  

The new measure provides an added incentive for those using the facilities at Deer Park Hall, enabling them to reduce their carbon footprint whilst holding their events. The green scheme already looks set to be a roaring success; after a busy wedding and conference season, members of staff at the hall are in full swing planting trees this month, having just breached the one hundred mark from the new scheme.

The private and corporate events venue, set within historic Grade II listed buildings in the picturesque deer park, overlooking the Malverns, already hosts a tree-planting scheme for the local School. Each new pupil at Eckington School plants a tree in the deer park, totalling over three hundred since the scheme began at the turn of the millennium.

Caron Steele, business Owner said:

“We are committed to maintaining the beautiful grounds surrounding our historic buildings, so the tree-planting scheme is an important aspect of our business. We’re very proud of our existing relationship with Eckington School and the new scheme seemed a natural addition to the established one.”