Community groups and schoolchildren from across Wiltshire will join thousands of people across the UK to plant 530,000 free trees from the Woodland Trust.

The 7,735 trees being distributed across Wiltshire will create 18 acres of new woodland, the equivalent of 18 football pitches.

Throughout 2012 the free tree packs will contain an additional special Royal Oak sapling which has been grown from an acorn gathered from a Royal estate such as Sandringham or Windsor.

The trust is aiming to plant one million trees in February, and six million trees throughout 2012, as part of the Jubilee Woods project to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth.

Communities and schools will play a big part in achieving this by marking Her Majesty The Queen's accession to the throne in February with a month of tree planting, which will create a lasting legacy in their neighbourhoods.

3,465 native trees are being distributed through community packs across Wiltshire, enabling local people to transform community spaces in villages, towns and cities.

Groups will be receiving either a small pack of 105 trees or a large pack of 420 trees.

Each pack is available in four different themes: year-round colour, wood fuel, wildlife or wild harvest, all of which are ideal for planting as hedging, small woods or copses to fit best within community spaces.

Tree packs for communities are made possible by the kind support of IKEA and ibuyeco.

Seventy schools in Wiltshire will be planting 4,270 native trees, celebrating the Jubilee, while adding natural shade and greenery to their school grounds. Georgina McLeod, Director of Jubilee Woods, said: "We are delighted thousands of communities and schools are using our free tree schemes to plant more trees in their local areas.

"Groups are transforming their neighbourhoods; growing their own fruits and food, creating shade and shelter, and providing new homes for wildlife.

"Through tree planting, schools are educating children about the benefits of trees and their importance for the environment.

"The great news is that everyone can get involved. From helping to create 60 new Diamond Woods, planting new woodland with communities, donating funds to help plant trees, to planting trees in school grounds or a single tree in your garden or pot, it’s easy to plant trees for the Jubilee and help us reach a million trees in a month and six million trees in a year!

"People can visit the Jubilee Woods website to find out more. This is just the start, the tree planting celebrations will take place across the whole year with opportunities for everyone to get involved."

This isn’t the first time the UK has celebrated a Royal occasion by nationwide tree planting.

The Royal Record of Tree Planting captures in fascinating detail the plantings undertaken by thousands of schools, parishes, organisations and homeowners in 1936/7 to commemorate King George VI’s Coronation.

Available online, people can search the book and find trees planted in their neighbourhoods at that time.

Schools and communities are encouraged to register their planting contribution online so they feature in the new Royal record of tree planting.

This will be published online and a hard copy will be gifted to Her Majesty The Queen and the British Library at the end of the project.

Find out more about the project, apply for free trees to plant in November and view the Royal Record at www.jubileewoods.org.uk