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The Final Zephaniah Forest Planting

Post author By birminghamtreepeople
Post date 21/02/2025
Categories In Arts, Planting, Zephaniah Forest
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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

Post author By birminghamtreepeople
Post date 19/02/2025
Categories In Planting, Zephaniah Forest

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 […]

Zephaniah Forest Tree Planting

Post author By birminghamtreepeople
Post date 28/01/2025
Categories In Planting, Zephaniah Forest

We’ve been planting in The Zephaniah Forest with Benjamin Zephaniah Family Legacy Group and the community again! On 23rd January we planted more trees with Millicent, Benjamin’s sister, as well as returning volunteer Ebony, and several other amazing local people in Burbury Park for The Zephaniah Forest! Millicent bought a marker to write her family’s […]

Mossy Bank Treemembrance

The Mossy Bank Treemembrance Planting on 16th January saw Angela Poultney remembering her parents, Patricia Ann and John Bryan Bower, with the ceremonial planting of a Copper Beech. The Friends of Mossy Bank’s Chair was present, Shiela, Keatley, who was a wonderful help throughout. The grandchildren blessed the tree by planting bulbs at the base, […]

Handsworth Treemembrance

On 9th January 2025 in Handsworth Park, our first tree planting of the year took place, which was a wonderful commemorative occasion for the Treemembrance Programme. We were terrifically lucky with the weather; it was sunny and bright all day whilst planting in memory of Natasha Wade, who sadly passed away last February. The day […]

Family Legacy Tree Planting

Post author By birminghamtreepeople
Post date 08/01/2025
Categories In Planting, Zephaniah Forest

The time finally came for David Springer to plant a tree in memory of his brother, Benjamin Zephaniah, with his family from the Benjamin Zephaniah Family Legacy Group. David originally contacted us from the Family Legacy Group wanting to plant a tree in memory of Benjamin. We decided it wasn’t enough, and thus The Zephaniah […]

Enchanted Orchard Tree Planting

Post author By birminghamtreepeople
Post date 06/01/2025
Categories In Orchards, Planting, Zephaniah Forest

Celebrating Benjamin Zephaniah and his love of fruit trees! 19th December we planted The Zephaniah Forest’s Orchard in Burbury Park. The Zephaniah Forest saw a momentous planting day take place on 19th December, where we teamed up with not only the Benjamin Zephaniah Family Legacy Group, but also Burbury Park Community Forum, Birmingham Empowerment Forum, […]

Kings Heath Treemembrance

On Friday 29th November in Kings Heath Park, a Magnolia x loebneri Leonard Messel Treemembrance tree was planted in memory of the mother of Julia and Terry Kirby. Kings Heath Rangers from the Horticulture Department, Dave and Graeme, planted the tree in a flower bed, where it should flourish. Julia and Terry were accompanied by […]

BCU Volunteer Network Tree Planting

Post author By birminghamtreepeople
Post date 16/12/2024
Categories In Planting, Treevents, Zephaniah Forest

On 3rd December, Birmingham City University’s (BCU) Volunteer Network students joined us to celebrate one of their Honorary Doctorates, Benjamin Zephaniah, by planting several of The Zephaniah Forest’s trees with us in Burbury Park. Benjamin Zephaniah was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from BCU, so it was wonderful to plant trees with the student volunteer network. […]

Treemembrance – Bournville

Our first planting of the year was for the Treemembrance programme in Bournville, 21st November, planting a tree with the friends, family, Friends group, and pupils of the local school, all in memory of Carl Green. It was a lovely morning after the snow had fallen in Bournville Park, where Rachel had organised with our […]

Ebony Hikers Tree Planting

Post author By birminghamtreepeople
Post date 02/12/2024
Categories In Planting, Zephaniah Forest

On the weekend that Tree Week began, we started planting The Zephaniah Forest in Burbury Park, with Qian Zephaniah planting the first tree for her husband, and Ebony Hikers joined us on the second day to celebrate the life and legacy of this iconic Brummie. Despite Storm Burt being forewarned, he once again didn’t stop […]

The Zephaniah Forest’s First Tree for Tree Week

Post author By birminghamtreepeople
Post date 02/12/2024
Categories In Planting, Zephaniah Forest

THE ZEPHANIAH FOREST Qian Zephaniah, her close friends and family planted the first tree (Milky Way tree from China), and subsequent four trees, in The Zephaniah Forest – the 65 strong legacy mini-forest being planted in Burbury Park, in memory of her husband Benjamin Zephaniah, this winter. Today marks the first day of National Tree […]

Burbury Park Poetree Walk

Post author By birminghamtreepeople
Post date 18/11/2024
Categories In Arts, Tree Walk, Zephaniah Forest

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 grew up was truly inspiring. […]

Writing Workshop

Poets Bradley Taylor (who has been working closely with us promoting the poetry competition) and Zakariye (our external judge representing the poetry community) ran a joint Zephaniah Forest Writing Workshop, on 30th October, at Cherry Reds’ in Birmingham City Centre. It was a truly wonderful session, with one attendee coming from Manchester, as well as […]

Urban Sermon: A Tribute to Benjamin Zephaniah

This wonderful secular urban sermon, once given by Benjamin Zephaniah, was revived in the most spectacular way in his memory. On Monday 7th October, a heart-warmingly large crowd gathered in memory of Benjamin, with The Benjamin Zephaniah Family Legacy Group, held inside Birmingham Cathedral of St. Philip in the heart of the city centre, hosted […]