Thousands of native trees have been planted in a bid to create a new rainforest - in Devon. This winter has seen 2,500 native trees planted at Devon Wildlife Trust’s Bowden Pillars site, close ...

Each young tree has been protected from the nibbling of deer and rabbits with biodegradable tree tubes made with the offcuts from the timber industry, rather than the plastic guards normally employed.

Project leader Claire Inglis guides a group of local visitors around the site of the new temperate rainforest. (Devon Wildlife Trust via SWNS) By Filipa Gaspar Thousands of native trees have been ...