Planting Collection

Queen Elizabeth II plants a silver birth tree in the aromatic gardens, St Helens, Merseyside on 21st June 1977. She is watched by the Mayor. The Queen celebrated her Jubilee year this year, 1977

Pope John Paul II, tree planting ceremony ahead of Mass at Heaton Park, Manchester, Monday 31st May 1982

Members of the Women Land Army (WLA) sowing seeds by the old fashioned Fiddle method in the English countryside during the Second World War. Circa August 1941

Women of the Forestry Commission section of the Womens Land Army (WLA) at work planting fir trees in the countryside in Britain, circa World War Two

Nobby Stiles planting a tree, Teesside. 1972

Chelsea Flower Show, 21st May 1988. Queen Elizabeth II visits the garden show held in the grounds of Royal Hospital Chelsea, London

Tree planting at Guisborough. 1973

The drive leading up to Scissett Middle School will be ablaze with golden colour next spring, thanks to the efforts of pupils

Queen Elizabeth II plants a tree before leaving Powis Castle in Wales. Picture taken 22nd April 1989

Hard at work are members of Colne Valley Lions and Colne Valley Tree Society, who planted 750 saplings in less than two hours

Planting for the future... Pupils of Colne Valley High Schools Environmental Improvement Group undertook some backbreaking work to bring colour to Linthwaite in the spring

Blossoming out... these budding young gardeners from Denby CofE First School are boosting the competition. As part of the Examiner Pride in Huddersfield campaign, pupils have planted aubrietia

Tree-mendous... these environmentally conscious youngsters have turned Hinchliffe Mill primary school green. Pictured with the children planting one of their 16 trees in a mini-woodland behind

Kirklees Mayoress Mrs Barbara Walker plants a tree at Beech School, Golcar. 12th March 1986

The Queen palnts a tulip tree in the grounds of Solihull School with the help of two of the pupils. 25th May, 1962

Oliver McNulty sits in a flower plant pot with a pot on top of head crying at the Botanical Gardens, Glasgow. May 1990

These casual workers are weeding a field of be e at the Agricultural Experimental Station at Ludingtont, part of a long term experiment for testing manure. 1957

Agricultural scene at Bath Road inn Hounslow. Automatic planting of seedling cabbages 5, 000 an hour can be planted. June 1945 P004458

Agricultural scene at Bath Road inn Hounslow. Automatic planting of seedling cabbages 5, 000 an hour can be planted. June 1945 P004459

Seed "merry go round"at a Hertfordshire seed depot
Seed " merry go round" at a Hertfordshire seed depot. This is the time for plotholders and gardeners to get their seed selection, and 300 girls at this St

Forestry Commission Workers planting a new forest at Theford Chase in Norfolk. Felling trees. O7522 - 002

Plant: Unusual: Miss England Vicki Harris. March 1975 75-01591-002

Farmers are 6 weeks behind time. Every hour counts, but the ground is not yet quite fit, for highly mechanised work, It is still heavy in parts

Mary Atkinson and Judith Dow planting Chrysanthemums, in Luddington. 1957

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