A MAJOR project has seen almost 4,000 new saplings planted near one of Beatrix Potter's most beloved areas.
Working holiday participants from the National Trust teamed up with volunteers and rangers to plant the trees across 4.5 hectares of land at Moss Eccles Tarn.
The work started last November near Miss Potter's farmhouse, Hill Top in Near Sawrey after a number of larch trees became infected.
Around 1000m of deer fence was also erected to protect the young trees.
Woodland Ranger Richard Tanner said: “I can imagine what the woodland might look like in 100 years’ time, in my mind it will be mostly oak with some birch and willow in the wetter areas.
"The craggy outcrops will perhaps be more open and covered by low- growing shrubs like bilberry and heather."
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