Little Angels Nursery and Preschool in Uppingham features on BBC 4's Gardeners' Question Time after sharing apple tree initiative

A nursery is spreading positivity by sharing an initiative everyone can be involved in from their own home.

Little Angels Nursery and Preschool in Uppingham is encouraging parents and children to plant the seeds from their apples so that one day these will grow into a tree.

Lucy Lewin, founder of Little Angels, first came across the idea when looking through a family-style Facebook group where people were sharing children’s activities.

Lucy said: “I was sharing it on the nursery’s Facebook and scheduling the post and I had one of those moments when I just thought imagine if we got everyone’s child to plant an apple tree.

“These are crazy times and children will be struggling.

“For me it symbolises a new life growing.”

She added: “Fast forward five years and our beautiful planet will have so many new and essential trees.”

On Friday last week Lucy featured on BBC 4’s Gardeners’ Question Time where she enquired about the best ways to take care of a newly planted apple tree.

Matthew Wilson, a television and radio broadcaster and garden designer from Rutland, answered her questions and gave her tips on how to look after the plants.

Lucy and her eight-year-old son Travis have already planted their apple seeds and are looking forward to watching them blossom into a tree.

The nursery has received a “brilliant response” online from many parents whose children have joined in with the initiative.

Lucy joked: “If we are inundated with apple trees in a few years I’ll be lying low.”

People are also sharing with the nursery the other things they have planted such as apricots and sunflowers.

Lucy is encouraging anyone getting involved to use the hashtag #angelsdoapples so they can share the progress of their plant with other people.

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