BURNLEY FC has bought more than 2,000 trees to be planted across East Lancashire.

The club will be planted 500 of the trees at the Burnley FC in the Community's 22-acre Whitehough Outdoor Centre in Barley.

The remaining trees are available free of charge to supporters, schools and community groups to collect from Turf Moor to plant across the county.

Neil Hart, chief executive officer of Burnley FC in the Community said: "We are delighted our ground-breaking Evergreen project caught the imagination of our supporters in such a positive way.

"As a result of their enthusiasm for the idea, thousands of new trees will be planted across our community.

"I’d urge fans to head down to Turf Moor on the designated collection dates to pick up a tree and play a part of this unique campaign for a greener Burnley."

A total of 1,680 sapling trees will be available for collection only from the Bob Lord concourse, accessed via Harry Potts Way, Gate B2 entrance, on Monday, March 2, from 11am to 2pm, Tuesday, March 3, from 11am to 2pm and Wednesday, March 4, from 11am to 2pm.

The trees will be available free of charge, although fans will have the opportunity to make a voluntary donation to Whitehough Outdoor Centre on the day.

Fans can collect multiple trees should they wish to.

Burnley FC and Burnley FC in the Community staff members will be on hand to assist on collection days.

There is no option to reserve trees or for the trees to be posted.

Supporters are advised that the sapling trees will consist of a variety of species and range in height from 15cm to 60cm on collection.