Kirsty Wark backs charity's Mother's Day campaign
Press Release 11th March 2010
Contact: Jane Beaton. 01320 340242; marketing@treesforlife.org.uk
Journalist and television presenter Kirsty Wark, well-known for presenting BBC 2’s flagship news and current affairs programme Newsnight, has given her backing to Trees for Life’s new campaign for Mother’s Day (March 14th).
 Broadcaster and television presenter Kirsty Wark. Photo by Jeff Overs.  Motherhood in the Caledonian Forest: Wild boar mother & young, at the Guisachan Wild Boar Project, just outside Glen Affric. |
The Moray-based conservation charity is asking people to show that they also care for Mother Earth on Mother’s Day by having a specially-dedicated tree or grove planted for their mothers in Scotland’s Caledonian Forest.
Kirsty Wark, who has also worked on BBC Radio 4’s World at One and as a producer on BBC Reporting Scotland, said: “When my father died we planted a Mountain Ash on the banks of one of his favourite fishing lochs. When
we moved to this house 14 years ago friends gave us a glorious Japanese Maple. This Mother’s Day I can think of
no better commemoration to my green-fingered country-loving mother who died two years ago than dedicating a Caledonian Pine to her, especially as it is an area of Scotland which, for me, has wonderful and lasting family memories."
Alan Watson Featherstone, Trees for Life Executive Director, said: “Mother’s Day is a good time to also show that you care for Mother Earth. Our scheme allows people to take simple but positive action to tackle climate change
and biodiversity loss, as well as restoring an important habitat.”
Single trees with a personalised certificate cost £15. Groves of eight trees, with a certificate and a personalised
page on Trees for Life’s website, cost £50 and extra trees can be added for £5 each.
People can also support Trees for Life’s award-winning restoration of the Caledonian Forest by joining its acclaimed Conservation Volunteer Weeks. For more information on the charity, see www.treesforlife.org.uk or call 0845 458 3505.
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- Trees for Life aims to restore the Caledonian Forest to an area of 1,500 square kilometres in the Scottish Highlands west of Inverness.
- Since planting its first trees in 1991 in Glen Affric, Trees for Life has planted over 820,000 trees. Its awards include 1991 UK Conservation Project of the Year, the Millennium Marque in 2000 and Top 10 Conservation Holidays worldwide in 2009.
- Trees for Life is a partner in the world-wide celebrations of 2010 as the International Year of Biodiversity. The diversity of life on Earth is crucial for human well-being and now is the time to act to preserve it. For
information on events, initiatives and exhibitions across the UK visit www.biodiversityislife.net
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