SCHOOL pupils, park users, and volunteers are helping to plant more than 100 new trees in an Enfield park.

The new copse of trees is being bedded in today in Bush Hill Park as part of celebrations of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee next year.

The saplings, including silver birches, rowans, hazels, and wild cherries, are being planted into a two specially designed tear drop-shaped beds in front of the park's croquet pitch and skate park.

Caroline Wilmer, secretary of the Friends of Bush Hill Park, who has taken charge of the project, said it had taken around a year to come to fruition but she hopes the effort will be worth it.

She said: “I think it's going to be wonderful, it will be colourful all year round, there will be shade in the summer, and people can picnic among the trees.”

She added there is also a baby royal oak tree, which grew from an acorn from the Queen's estate, which will be added to the new trees when it is ready.

Pupils from Bush Hill Park Primary School have joined members of the friends group and volunteers from Enfield charity One to One to plant trees this morning. Pupils from Kingsmead School will be finishing the job off this afternoon.

Jan Pratt, a teaching assistant from Bush Hill Park Primary, brought members of the gardening club she runs to help the project.

She said: “We have good links with the friends group in Bush Hill Park and have been involved in projects with them before.

“I think this will be fantastic, especially in the summer when all the trees have grown.”

The trees were all donated by the Woodland Trust, which is aiming for a million to have been planted across the UK in time for the Queen's celebration.

Tom Heard, Enfield Council's head groundsman in Bush Hill Park, off Lincoln Road, helped design the shape of the beds, and said: “The walkway through the trees will be like a little haven for people to sit and have a picnic.

“The shape of the beds is two tear drops, and hopefully it will bring some good karma to the park.”