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
  • Pests and Diseases Training
    Free monthly urban forest volunteer training covered pests and diseases this month, in Handsworth Park with Tonia Clark. This wonderful morning session in the park, Saturday 16th November, saw the volunteers learning the risks to trees that come with illness and creepy crawlies, just like us humans. Fungi is ever-present,… Read more: Pests and Diseases Training
  • Trees for Tree Week!
    Our trees for National Tree Week and beyond arrived at the Bromford depot on Tuesday 12th November, where our keen BTP team was bright and early to receive the trees! Plenty of hard work done to unload and organise over 130 semi-mature trees. Through our various city-wide projects, we will… Read more: Trees for Tree Week!
  • Burbury Park Poetree Walk
    An afternoon in Burbury Park! The poetree walk and workshop on 9th November was a lovely couple of hours, filled with creativity and history. Julianne Statham’s fantastic tree walk, coupled with the myths and legends and tie these trees to present-day beliefs, and being in a space where Benjamin Zephaniah… Read more: Burbury Park Poetree Walk
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.