Category: Information

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Minworth Press Release

Community Orchard Planting in Minworth, East Birmingham Birmingham TreePeople and the Minworth Action Projects are supporting biodiversity and developing green spaces, by planting a community orchard for Minworth residents, thanks to funding from The Tree Council’s Branching Out Fund. Branching Out provides grants ranging from £250 to £2,500 in value to community groups, schools, small […]

17th Tree Planting

CANCELLED – Apologies for the late notice, we’ve just learned we’ve had to cancel the Tuesday 17th tree planting day tomorrow in Burbury Park at 10:30, as we have lost our logistical support. We hope you understand and we deeply apologise for this inconvenience. We hope to see you on the 19th (Orchard) 13:30 and […]

Operations Manager

Would you like to seek employment with Birmingham TreePeople? We are looking to recruit an Operations Manager. The deadline for applications is Wednesday 18th September 2024 9am. Application forms (found on this page) should be sent to Tonia Clark, Chair: [email protected] (CVs will not be accepted). Interviews will take place the week beginning Monday 23rd September, and the […]

POD Fest

Nechells POD are hosting a fabulous festival, POD Fest, this Friday 23rd August, 11-3, with plenty of activities for the community and beyond to get involved in! This also includes tree-themed fun with Katy Hawkins, as the last collaborative appearance during the Urban Forest Accelerator. Fortunately, our wonderful employees will be staying with us thanks […]

Thank You!

Birmingham TreePeople would like to kindly thank Mark Johnston for sending us a complimentary copy of his new autobiography – Planting ideas in the urban forest – with such a wonderful note left for us on the inside. 🌿 Mark Johnston recently spoke alongside The Woodland Trust, Katy Hawkins, and Wild in the City for […]

Poetree Workshop

Katy Hawkins led a wonderful Poetree workshop with Bradley Taylor last weekend, working with Open Door and Greener Cleaner Firs and Bromford, starting at The Hub, their welcoming community space. Katy led the first part of the walk, pointing out details of local trees recently planted using mindful techniques and descriptions, encouraging the group to […]

Women’s Tree Walk

Katy Hawkins led an all women’s nature-based workshop in Alum Rock with Women of Worth recently, a sensory tree walk sharing biology, symbolism, and herbal uses. Now that we have received a generous grant from Arconic, we can plant some new trees in this priority ward this coming Winter, and we hope to continue our […]

Winners: School Poster Competition

Announcing the Winners Now that St. Joseph’s and Cromwell schools have been notified, and their winning pupils are aware of their posters adorning new trees in their ward, we can announce the winning posters online! Yesterday, Katy Hawkins walked around Nechells, installing the creative, hand-drawn posters by local children on our newly planted trees! This […]