We were joined by many enthusiastic nature-lovers in Nechells last Saturday 9th December, for our #TreeWeek planting on Bloomsbury Street. Our BTP team consisted of Simon, Katy, and Sue, who worked with Nechells POD, Lee Marsham, Majid Mahmood, 5 local adults and 6 children to help Gristwood And Toms plant 8 new trees. The weather […]
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Highters Heath Tree Planting
Today we celebrated Tree Week in Highters Heath, with Highters Heath Community School and the Friends of Daisy Farm Park. We worked with the new friends group and school earlier this year to plant trees, and now we are back for more! Despite the soggy weather, the wonderful group of prefects from the local school […]
Hodge Hill Tree Planting
On the 2nd December 2023, the Friends of Hodge Hill Common and Birmingham TreePeople teamed up to plant a new tree on Coleshill Road. We planted a beautiful semi-mature tree for Tree Week, even though the winter frost had just set in! Simon Needle transported the new sweet gum to the planting location using the […]
Planting with T4C
Trees for Cities, the facilitator for this year’s National Tree Week tree planting, joined the BTP and BCC teams on 28th November, to green up Newtown in Birmingham. Mac, Steve, and Julianne, three of BTP’s Trustees, assisted the BCC Woodland and City Parks teams, helping the T4C corporate volunteers put the new trees in the […]
Trees for Tree Week
Ian McDermott and Julianne Statham of BTP met Barcham, Kier and City Parks to unload our selection of trees, protective stakes, and cages for the tree planting season and Tree Week, due to take place next Monday 27th for two weeks. We will be working with BCC and many community groups to get the trees […]
The Urban Forest Accelerator brings a quirky, sustainable touch
What is the Urban Forest Accelerator? The Urban Forest Accelerator is a partnership project focusing on the urban forest. National Trust, Woodland Trust, and Community Forest Trust currently support a range of Councils and diverse communities with significant urban green estates, with high potential to increase trees and woods that enhance existing heritage and create […]
It’s Almost Tree Week
Now that planting season is upon us and Tree Week approaches, we are focusing our attention on five low-canopy cover wards in Birmingham. This will take place throughout the last week of November and the first week of December. These wards are Nechells, Bromford and Hodge Hill (under the Heritage Fund grant for the UFA […]
Tree Walk with Katy & Nechells POD
Katy Hawkins of BTP helped the Nechells POD on a Tree Walk on 2nd November. The walk consisted of families and many children learning about local trees. Katy ran through some species and how to identify them, as well as an after-walk crafting session with the leaves they found. Despite the blustery and rainy weather […]
Interim Results: Street Tree Survey
The interim results for the street tree survey were presented during the September 16th free online training session. The recorded session is now available as a podcast video here. For those who missed it, or those who would like a refresher. The general overview of this survey is to asses the crown dieback, overall condition, […]
Green Spaces & Green Prescriptions: BOSF Conference 2023
We gathered once again to talk about green spaces last Saturday 7th October. Birmingham TreePeople (BTP) attended the Annual Birmingham Open Spaces Forum (BOSF) Conference. It was held at the Midlands Arts Centre (MAC), amongst many other Friends and environmental groups. The aim of the yearly gatherings is to update and thank the various volunteer […]