Queen Margaret’s School in Escrick is supporting a pioneering woodland project.

The school has adopted two “Square Shares” in Three Hagges Jubilee Wood, part of the nearby Escrick Park estate, and planted a copse of 100 oaks.

Three Hagges Jubilee Wood is being transformed from arable land into native woodland for the benefit of the community.

Rosalind Forbes Adam, chair of Hagge Woods Trust, and her fellow trustees, have devised the Square Share Certificate Scheme, which enables members of the public to buy shares in the woodland.