“We had many of the worst unemployment and health and everything else, I am one of these people that likes to take on one of the most difficult challenges.
“I felt it was worth taking this risk and taking out such a big loan. Sustainability, the hope is critical here.
“It is no good just having the house, you have got to have the garden and how it links into the local community, it is a big project that one.
“There is nobody more than me that would like this tree to stay, I can’t bare to lose it, because it was such a wonderful thing.”
