A nostalgic artist from North Yorkshire who painted a picture of the felled Sycamore Gap tree has used the prints she sold to fund a new woodland.
Lucy Pittaway who has fond memories of visiting the Sycamore Gap as a child wanted to create a legacy in its memory. Lucy said: “Like everyone else I was so saddened to hear about the felling of the tree.” This inspired her to take action and paint a picture of the tree with the Northern Lights behind it. After vowing to make a donation from each print sold towards creating a legacy woodland, she was inundated with orders. To date nearly 2,400 have been bought.
” Mainly sycamore along with oak, rowan, hazel and other native trees will be planted to regenerate part of the plantation which surrounds the 200-year-old folly Druid’s Temple. The first 600 saplings will be planted this month . Lucy said: “To now see this new woodland coming to life is wonderful and I’m so grateful to everyone who has helped us come this far.
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