More than 1,000 volunteers are helping to build an "urban forest" in Ealing which will remove thousands of tonnes of carbon dioxide from the air each year.
In fact the volunteers are harnessing so much planting power they have been able to plant more than £6,000 worth of trees and an incredible 53,000 saplings since 2014.
The planting drive is a partnership between Ealing Council and Trees for Cities, a charity which works to plant trees in cities across the UK and has a target of planting one million of them.
Councillor Mik Sabiers, cabinet member for environment and highways, said Ealing's volunteers should be proud of what they have accomplished.
The value of trees in Ealing has been shown by a recent report prepared by Trees for Cities which shows the 234,400 trees in Ealing remove 33 tonnes of pollutants and over 2,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere every year, improving local air quality and helping mitigate climate change.
It has branded the trees in Ealing's urban parks, gardens, housing estates, open spaces, woodlands, streets and transport infrastructure an "urban forest".
The report called Valuing Ealing's Urban Trees, states tree cover varies greatly across Ealing, from 6% in Southall Green ward to 26% in North Greenford.
Some 87 species of trees are recorded across the borough.
