Tree planting in Huntingdon to remember Queen and Prince Philip

Huntingdon Town Council are holding the ceremony on Monday, February 6 2023, which marks the day in 1952 that Queen Elizabeth II ascended the throne following the passing of her father, King George VI.

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip will be honoured at the tree-planting ceremony. Pictured: both on a royal visit to Cambridge to open the new Sainsbury Laboratory for Plant Sciences in 2011. (Image: Phil Mynott)

Two oak trees will be planted by the Deputy Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire, Daryl Brown and the mayor of Huntingdon, Cllr David Landon Cole, to symbolise the longevity of the nations longest reigning monarch and her consort.

The hundred of floral tributes laid in Huntingdon in honour of the Queen. (Image: Huntingdon Town Council)

Mayor of Huntingdon, Cllr David Landon Cole, will be planting the oak tree at the ceremony. Pictured: Cllr Landon Cole laying a floral tribute for Queen Elizabeth II last year (Image: Newsquest)

The oak trees will then be fertilised using compost made from the floral tributes left in honour of the Queen by residents when she passed in Septmeber last year.

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Hundreds and hundreds of floral tributes were left by residents outside Huntingdon town hall and collected after the mourning period ended after the Queen's funeral on September 19, 2022.

There will be a tree planting ceremony in Bloomfield Park, to be held on 6th February 2023 to mark the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh.

Residents are welcome to join us from 10am in Bloomfield Park. pic.twitter.com/rqNKmCZsbr

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The flowers were collected as part of a ceremonial removal to be used as compost for the ceremony.

Residents are welcome to join the ceremony from 10am on February 6 in Bloomfield Park, Huntingdon Town Centre.