We have gone back into the archive to bring you these green fingered snaps going back almost 25 years but who can you recognise?
Want more Doncaster retro? Harvest Festivals over the years,
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9. Junior Ranger
10-year-old Junior Ranger, Katie Varga of Wheatley nr. Doncaster, prepares to join collegues during the planting of 1800 trees at Melton Woods in 2000 Photo: Shaun Flannery 0378-315553
10. Millenium tree Project
Stainforth School pupil Carrie Errington, Fire fighter Matthew Briggs and the Mayor of Doncaster Margaret Robinson plant one of the new trees at Stainfroth Primary School as part of a combined promotion of the Millenium tree Project in 2000 Photo: Paul David Drabble
11. Big spades for little ones
Woodfield Primary pupils Levi Mills, four, and Rebecca Winterburn, three, joined the Mayor of Doncaster councillor Margaret Robinson in a millennium tree plant at the Balby School in 2000 Photo: Andrew Partridge
12. Norton Infant School
Pupils, Thomas Barnes (front, left), aged six, John Murray (front, right), also aged six, Charlotte Ball (middle row, left), aged six, and, from left, Lauren Yates, aged six, Kelsey Longley, aged five, Thomas Gabbitass, aged six, Dominic Parker, aged seven, and Jodie Nettleship, aged five, help Doncaster North MP Kevin Hughes planted a tree in 2000 Photo: steve taylor