With Matt Cox and Katy Hawkins Our processes are rooted in long term thinking around tree health and climate resilience and informed by generous community exchanges and we want to share the inner workings of our tree planting processes with you. In our Tree Planting Review, Matt and Katy reflect on our planting work from […]
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Orchard Equity Mapping
Lawrence Weston is a Director of Clent Hills Orchards CIC and a Trustee of Birmingham TreePeople. Recently, Lawrence finished a insightful report on Orchard Equity Mapping. This project represents the first comprehensive mapping and survey of publicly accessible fruit trees and orchards in Birmingham, establishing an essential evidence base for future planning, management, and community […]
Figs, Elms and Western Red Cedars
by Katy Hawkins This year, working with trees I’ve not yet worked with, I’ve been spending time getting to know them a little better. I’ve been reading what others know about them, and looking out for them whilst on wanders, learning to notice what makes them, them. I wanted to share some of my research […]
No borders. Why migration is key to our past and our future.
We’re currently seeing record levels of human migration which is a direct result of a worsening climate crisis that disproportionately affects countries within the “Global South”1. This Global North – Global South divide is based on GDP per capita, and is a division that is shaped by colonialism and its lasting impact. In extreme cases, […]
A Tree Calendar and ways in which we organise time
A Tree Calendar We have been thinking about our calendar and ways in which we organise time. We have also been thinking about all the trees around Birmingham. There are roughly over a million trees in Birmingham, some old, some new; some native, some not. At the start of each lunar month we will be […]
Urban Tree Festival 2025: The Zephaniah Forest Tree Walk
Thank you for coming to our Urban Tree Festival 2025 event, The Zephaniah Forest Tree Walk! Hosted by Charley as her final event with us at Birmingham TreePeople for the Urban Tree Festival 2025, we celebrated urban trees by walking through the legacy, magic, and species of the forest dedicated to Benjamin Zephaniah in Burbury […]
Cheshire Tree Alliance Conference 2025
Deanne (Dee) Brettle, Chair, and Charlotte (Charley) McDermott, Communications, represented Birmingham TreePeople as Cheshire Tree Alliance’s 2025 Conference Keynote Speakers last weekend. Sunday 6th April, BTP were invited to give a presentation at Sandbach Town Hall, hosted by Cheshire Tree Alliance and Sandbach Town Council, Birmingham TreePeople: Zero to Hero, telling the story of how […]
Washwood Heath Academy Planting
As part of our community co-produced planting programme in Alum Rock, we were delighted to form a partnership with The Washwood Heath Academy Sixth Form working with them to plant up new street trees in Alum Rock and also on their school grounds. We were initially connected to Miss Khan, head of sixth form, getting […]
GOAL Planting
A beautiful day was had on 27th March supporting Go-Woman! Alliance (GOAL) and Count Me In Forum in planting a Ginkgo Tree, Sweet Gum Tree, and Peanut Tree on Phillimore Road, Alum Rock. A huge thanks to Katy and Lawrence, as well as Birmingham City Council’s Woodland Team, for their incredible support and putting this […]
Sparkbrook Trees
Last Wednesday 19th March, a keen group of Sparkbrook residents, helped by Councillor Izzy Knowles, planted 5 trees supplied by Birmingham TreePeople to improve their local environment. A Magnolia Galaxy went in next to the bus-stop, and a Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glypto ’Goldeush’) was given a more generous planting location in which to flourish and […]
Alum Rock Planting
We had a beautiful tree planting celebration event in Alum Rock, Thursday 27th March, the result of a partnership between Birmingham TreePeople and St John’s House, who we first met with over a year ago to explore establishing new trees in the area. Working with Women of Worth, who we’ve gotten to know over the […]
Grafting Workshop
Lawrence Weston, Trustee in charge of the new Orchard Programme, has recently run five incredible grafting workshops in South Birmingham, after launching the project. We were joined by Minworth Action Projects at the Minworth workshops, who we recently planted a new orchard with, and continuing that work, these grafting sessions are designed to give local […]
The Final Zephaniah Forest Planting
The Zephaniah Forest has been completed in a final planting session. In Burbury Park, Newtown, there are now 65 new trees signifying each year of a life well-lived and respected, dedicated to Benjamin Zephaniah. In a final celebratory planting session, the legacy forest dedicated to Benjamin was completed by returning community members and volunteers from […]
Refugee & Migrant Centre Zephaniah Tree Planting
We were joined by friends from the Refugee and Migrant Centre, on 6th February 2025, to help plant nine more trees in The Zephaniah Forest. Together we spent the morning digging holes and carefully unwrapping the trees, ready for their new home in Burbury Park. Millicent Springer, sister of Benjamin and member of the Benjamin […]
Go Green Week with BCU
We teamed up with Birmingham City University students for Go Green Week on Friday 30th January. The keen squad joined Matt and Charley – with support from Birmingham City Council Woodlands Team’s Leon and Nick – to fulfill some of our targets towards the Urban Forest Masterplan for Birmingham. We had a wonderful few hours […]