A nationwide search is under way to find how many disease resistant elm trees planted 30 years ago have survived. Sapporo Autumn Gold is a hybrid, brought to the UK by technology company Pitney Bowes, who created the ‘Elms Across Europe’ campaign in 1979, which led to the setting up of The Conservation Foundation in 1982.
The campaign supplied large numbers of elms to schools, parks and gardens throughout the UK and Europe.
And now the Conservation Foundation is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the first plantings by researching healthy Sapporo Autumn Gold elms still growing. Anyone with a Sapporo Autumn Gold is invited to send details to elms@conservationfoundation.co.uk.
