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 our charity came to be, the wonderful community-based tree work we do in Birmingham, and how we can inspire others to do the same for their towns and cities.

The incredible, sunny day consisted of:
• Introduction with Tim Wheatcroft from Sandbach Town Council
• Birmingham TreePeople: Zero to Hero with Deanne and Charley
• Small Scale Tree Planting with Councillor Sam Corcoran from Cheshire East Council, Champion for Climate Change
• Transition Wilmslow and Mersey Forest Tree Planting Pilot with Councillor Elaine Evans
• Panel Discussion with the first half of presenters, on How to Plant in Urban Spaces, as well as burning questions from the presentations
• Working with Communities to Plant Trees with Ben Greenaway from Mersey Forest
• Networking lunch before more presentations
• More With Trees: The Mersey Forest Plan 2025 with Susannah Gill from Mersey Forest
• Tree Propagation with Dan Nash from Cheshire Wildlife Trust
• Open Mic: Cheshire Tree Groups included talks with Patti Pinto from Trees for Congleton, Tree Wardens with Charlie Knowles from The Tree Council, Emma from Sandbach Woodland & Wildlife Group, and Paul from Goostrees

We would like to thank Sandbach Town Council and Cheshire Tree Alliance for their invite, warm welcome, and beautiful town filled with inspired people – people who love trees.

If you’re interested in BTP telling our story at your conference or event, please email us at: info@birminghamtreepeople.org.uk