Celebrations are taking place in Wallyford to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

Three new trees have been planted in the village as part of the Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC) – a tree-planting initiative created to mark Her Majesty’s 70 years on the throne.

Wallyford Community Council, in partnership with Mike Foy, East Lothian Council’s tree officer, and the council’s landscape & countryside service, organised the local ‘Plant a Tree for the Jubilee’ scheme.

Two flowering cherry trees – Prunus ‘Kanzan’ – have been planted on the ‘pug’ path, where a replica of the pug, or short steam engine, which used to transport coal and bricks to the main East Coast rail line, is situated.

A giant redwood has been planted at Wallyford’s mining memorial stone at the St Clements housing estate, which is dedicated to the 38 miners who lost their lives in Wallyford collieries from 1857 to 1924.

Nine trees – three rowan, three apple and three hazel – have been planted by the council on the south side of the footbridge over the A1 leading from Wallyford towards Fa’side Castle.

A beacon to mark the Platinum Jubilee will also be lit on the grassed area at St Clements Gardens North on Thursday, June 2, at 9.45pm.

A ceremony in Wallyford will get under way at about 9pm, with a performance by musicians from the Penston Brass Band, which was established in 1842.

Alistair Hadden, chairman of Wallyford Community Council, said: “It’s good to see many groups, clubs, organisations and communities throughout the county, nation and Commonwealth as a whole preparing in some way or another to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, including planting trees for her Green Canopy, to pay tribute to our longest-serving monarch of 70 years.”