From an article about The Zephaniah Forest in Resurgence with Benjamin Zephaniah's brother, David Springer. All rights to artist.

The Zephaniah Forest 2024

Tonia Clark, Restore Nature Now, 22/06/24
Katy and Lisa hugging the tree they worked so hard for - Hodge Hill tree planting for tree week 2023, UFA
urban forest volunteers
Tree Cities of the World UK Tree Cities Forum 2024, UK Tree Cities, Birmingham, Birmingham TreePeople
Street trees Nechells
3 out of 6 pictured are Trustee L2 award winners, the first course run by Birmingham TreePeople
Dee and Mac of Birmingham TreePeople helping a volunteer group select species for plotting a tree trail.
Urban forest master plan, the front page of the document Birmingham TreePeople commissioned for the city with BCC, Treeconomics, and Forest Institute
Tree planting icon
Lots of trees for tree week 2023
Steve and Cath watching Tiffany dig a hole.
tree care with katy and nechells pod
Debt Justice Treemembrance planting
Benjamin Zephaniah
Lawrence Weston, Trustee for Orchards, helping Fruit & Nut Village with their orchard pruning. Photo credit to Fruit & Nut Village.
Tonia, Simon, & Mac at the launch for the Midlands Forest Network.
png image of the earth

Updates with Birmingham TreePeople

A family laughing beneath the canopy of a tree in Handsworth Park, taken with permission.
The whole team for the tree planting
View of Birmingham's urban forest from Park Regis, by Simon Needle of Birmingham TreePeople
Our volunteers being interviewed by Woodland Trust
  • Caldmore Speaks Out
    Caldmore Speaks Out was a truly wonderful event on Sunday 6th October filled with nature poetry, run by Poets, Prattlers & Pandemonialists at Caldmore Community Garden, hosted by Gracey Bee Poetry. We caught up with Barrington from Writers Without Borders, whose fabulous workshop inspired one of the poems that our… Read more: Caldmore Speaks Out
  • Zephaniah Forest Poetry Workshop
    Bradley Taylor ran a fantastic Zephaniah Forest Poetry Workshop at Fletcher’s Bar, King’s Heath, 24th September. He has been working with us to promote the poetry competition for The Zephaniah Forest, as well as submitting his own poetry as well. As the Overcoat Poetry host, Bradley teamed up with us… Read more: Zephaniah Forest Poetry Workshop
  • Sustainable Futures Festival
    A magnificent day was had at Caldmore Community Garden’s Sustainable Futures Festival, where we were kindly invited to talk about The Zephaniah Forest and our poetry competition, encouraging people to write and submit their poetry with us towards Benjamin’s legacy trees in Burbury Park! With so many widely contributing community… Read more: Sustainable Futures Festival
Birmingham TreePeople Autumn tree banner image with transparent background

Man hugging a tree - tree hugger
A woman sitting on a bench working amongst nature.

Trees Please

Leave de trees please

Cause de trees

Work wid de breeze

To put all living tings at ease,

So leave de trees please.

Yu see

Down in Somerset, England,

I know a tree

Dat is one thousand

An five hundred years old.

Dat is a wise tree

Dat is a tree

I need

To talk to,

Dat is a tree

We animals should listen to.

For millions of animals

Trees are a home,

Trees can help shelter yu home,

So leave de trees alone.

Trees mek oxygen.

Let me say dat again:

Trees mek oxygen,

So mek a tree yu fren.

Leave de trees please

Cause de trees

Work wid de breeze

To put all living tings at ease,

An they help de birds and bees

Old an wise are all of these,

So leave de trees please

Juss

Leave de trees please.

Benjamin Zephaniah
Benjamin Zephaniah
A selection of popular ditties by Brummies.
Birmingham TreePeople logo banner: IT DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT WITHOUT GREEN.