Partner planting day with the Environment Agency

The Environment Agency (EA), an executive non-departmental public body and long-term partner of Ground Control, joins volunteer tree planting day at the Ground Control Wildfell Centre for Environmental Recovery.

Staff from the EA, voluntarily planted approximately 1000 native hedgerow shrubs at the 296-acre site near Braintree Essex on Friday 10^th February 2023 as part of the organisation’s ‘Environmental Outcomes Days’ where staff volunteer their time to support environmental causes.

The EA works to create better places for people and wildlife and support sustainable development. For this reason, the EA has been a valuable contributor to Ground Control’s environmental promise since the companies started working together in 2010.

Over 3000 sites across the UK benefit from the expertise of the EA and Ground Control. The partnership ensures that vital maintenance work on the natural environment is protected from damage or decline to nature, and that environmental sustainability is advocated.

William Mackay, Environment Agency Local Delivery Manager Lead, Essex, and Suffolk said:

 Chris Bawtree, Woodland Creation Lead at Ground Control, said:

The River Pant runs down the far end of the Wildfell site and eventually flows into Maldon becoming the river Blackwater. As part of the modelling, the EA will be putting in scrape in a shallow area, close to the river running through the site to create connected wetlands that will attract a more varied species of wildlife.