street tree in autumn under blue sky

How and why I learnt the names of my street trees during lockdown

My first ever blog post was all about trees. In early 2016 I wrote a list of tree-themed aspirations for the year ahead, including planting a tree, climbing a tree, getting better at identifying trees and learning the names of the trees on my street. It has taken me four years to tick off that …

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Tottenham Trees celebrate Wangari Maathai and the Tree Charter with EER

National Tree Week 2020: Celebrating Wangari Maathai

It's the little things people do that will make the difference; my little thing is planting treesWangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Laureate 2004 Wangari Maathai, credit: Martin Rowe Kenyan activist, environmentalist, and 2004 Nobel Peace Laureate, Wangari Maathai, would have been eighty years old this year. Although she lived many thousands of miles away, her legacy …

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trees circles & changing views

We have a thing about planting trees in circles in Tottenham. There’s the iconic Seven Sisters tree circle on Page Green of course, originally made up of seven elms but now comprising seven hornbeams, and then there’s the Millennial Oak Circle on Lordship Recreation Ground. This ring of 12 oaks was planted at the turn …

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