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Treevents

Thurs 20th
February2025
Grafting WorkshopUnder the guidance of Lawrence Weston, Trustee for Orchards at BTP, and the Orchard Programme, these free grafting workshops are open to all!

Taking place in Sheldon, Glebe, and Minworth, these sessions are designed to build upon some of the work recently undertaken with The Tree Council funding to plant an orchard in Minworth with MAP Minworth Action Projects, but also bring the community together by teaching or updating skills to take ownership of the trees, and care for them as best as we can in the coming years.

Grafting is an incredible skill that binds the tissues of plants for them to grow together, so if you’d like to learn about this technique from an expert Horticulturalist to grow your own, please come along! Equipment is provided. Sponsored by Frank P Matthews Trees.
9:30 – 12:30St George’s Church Hall, Minworth
Fri 21st
February2025
Grafting WorkshopUnder the guidance of Lawrence Weston, Trustee for Orchards at BTP, and the Orchard Programme, these free grafting workshops are open to all!

Taking place in Sheldon, Glebe, and Minworth, these sessions are designed to build upon some of the work recently undertaken with The Tree Council funding to plant an orchard in Minworth with MAP Minworth Action Projects, but also bring the community together by teaching or updating skills to take ownership of the trees, and care for them as best as we can in the coming years.

Grafting is an incredible skill that binds the tissues of plants for them to grow together, so if you’d like to learn about this technique from an expert Horticulturalist to grow your own, please come along! Equipment is provided. Sponsored by Frank P Matthews Trees.
14:30 – 16:30Glebe Farm Library
Sat 22nd
February2025
Grafting WorkshopUnder the guidance of Lawrence Weston, Trustee for Orchards at BTP, and the Orchard Programme, these free grafting workshops are open to all!

Taking place in Sheldon, Glebe, and Minworth, these sessions are designed to build upon some of the work recently undertaken with The Tree Council funding to plant an orchard in Minworth with MAP Minworth Action Projects, but also bring the community together by teaching or updating skills to take ownership of the trees, and care for them as best as we can in the coming years.

Grafting is an incredible skill that binds the tissues of plants for them to grow together, so if you’d like to learn about this technique from an expert Horticulturalist to grow your own, please come along! Equipment is provided. Sponsored by Frank P Matthews Trees.
9:30 – 12:00St George’s Church Hall, Minworth
Sun 23rd
February2025
Grafting WorkshopUnder the guidance of Lawrence Weston, Trustee for Orchards at BTP, and the Orchard Programme, these free grafting workshops are open to all!

Taking place in Sheldon, Glebe, and Minworth, these sessions are designed to build upon some of the work recently undertaken with The Tree Council funding to plant an orchard in Minworth with MAP Minworth Action Projects, but also bring the community together by teaching or updating skills to take ownership of the trees, and care for them as best as we can in the coming years.

Grafting is an incredible skill that binds the tissues of plants for them to grow together, so if you’d like to learn about this technique from an expert Horticulturalist to grow your own, please come along! Equipment is provided. Sponsored by Frank P Matthews Trees.
10:30 – 12:30Sheldon Country Park
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Alum Rock Tree PlantingWe will be planting trees in Alum Rock! Details TBA soon.
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Alum Rock Tree PlantingWe will be planting trees in Alum Rock! Details TBA soon.
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This Blog Reel includes Posts about our Treevents:

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 previous sessions, a myriad of winning poets from the Trees Please, Poetry Please? competition, Cabinet Member for the Environment Councillor …
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 Zephaniah Family Legacy Group, also joined this wonderful planting session in her brother's honour. We planted a mix of species, …
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 of tree planting with BCU Volunteering Team! The new trees have been planted in Newtown, targeting low canopy areas of …
Zephaniah Forest Tree Planting
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 names on the trees some of them planted together before Christmas. The rain never stops us, and Benjamin always makes …