Urban Tree Festival: Tree Equity Walk and Talk, 16th May 2024, Urban Forest Accelerator project

Treevents

8th
September2024
Street Tree SurveyMORNING SESSION

Nina Griffiths is taking the surveyors out for another group session. If you are a new surveyor you will require online training before attending a session for in-person training.

Once you are fully trained, and committed to the survey, you will receive a kit list and be paid £2 per tree after 25 and up to 100 trees. Please email Nina, or info@, for the exact location.

Before you can join the street tree survey, you must be signed up with us as an urban forest volunteer, and also fill out the form to become a street tree surveyor for the paid project this year.
10:00 – 12:30Druids Heath & Monyhull
8th
September2024
Street Tree SurveyAFTERNOON SESSION

Nina Griffiths is taking the surveyors out for another group session. If you are a new surveyor you will require online training before attending a session for in-person training.

Once you are fully trained, and committed to the survey, you will receive a kit list and be paid £2 per tree after 25 and up to 100 trees. Please email Nina, or info@, for the exact location.

Before you can join the street tree survey, you must be signed up with us as an urban forest volunteer, and also fill out the form to become a street tree surveyor for the paid project this year.
14:00 – 16:30King’s Norton South
17th
September2024
Street Tree SurveyAFTERNOON SESSION

Nina Griffiths is taking the surveyors out for another group session. If you are a new surveyor you will require online training before attending a session for in-person training.

Once you are fully trained, and committed to the survey, you will receive a kit list and be paid £2 per tree after 25 and up to 100 trees. Please email Nina, or info@, for the exact location.

Before you can join the street tree survey, you must be signed up with us as an urban forest volunteer, and also fill out the form to become a street tree surveyor for the paid project this year.
14:00 – 16:30Longbridge and West Heath
21st
September2024
Free Monthly TrainingTree Biology 3: Why do trees fall down?

Trainer: Ian McDermott
10:00 – 12:00Online, Google Classroom
24th
September2024
Street Tree SurveyAFTERNOON SESSION

Nina Griffiths is taking the surveyors out for another group session. If you are a new surveyor you will require online training before attending a session for in-person training.

Once you are fully trained, and committed to the survey, you will receive a kit list and be paid £2 per tree after 25 and up to 100 trees. Please email Nina, or info@, for the exact location.

Before you can join the street tree survey, you must be signed up with us as an urban forest volunteer, and also fill out the form to become a street tree surveyor for the paid project this year.
14:00 – 16:30Bartley Green
28th
September2024
Street Tree SurveyMORNING SESSION

Nina Griffiths is taking the surveyors out for another group session. If you are a new surveyor you will require online training before attending a session for in-person training.

Once you are fully trained, and committed to the survey, you will receive a kit list and be paid £2 per tree after 25 and up to 100 trees. Please email Nina, or info@, for the exact location.

Before you can join the street tree survey, you must be signed up with us as an urban forest volunteer, and also fill out the form to become a street tree surveyor for the paid project this year.
10:00 – 12:30Hall Green North
28th
September2024
Street Tree SurveyAFTERNOON SESSION

Nina Griffiths is taking the surveyors out for another group session. If you are a new surveyor you will require online training before attending a session for in-person training.

Once you are fully trained, and committed to the survey, you will receive a kit list and be paid £2 per tree after 25 and up to 100 trees. Please email Nina, or info@, for the exact location.

Before you can join the street tree survey, you must be signed up with us as an urban forest volunteer, and also fill out the form to become a street tree surveyor for the paid project this year.
14:00 – 16:30Hall Green South
7th
October2024
Urban Sermon: A Tribute to Benjamin ZephaniahBIRMINGHAM LITERATURE FESTIVAL 2024

From 2010 – 2014, the Birmingham Literature Festival hosted an annual event in the Birmingham Cathedral called the Urban Sermon. These events invited celebrated authors to talk about some of the pressing issues of our time.

In 2013, Benjamin Zephaniah delivered the Urban Sermon, using his work as a platform to talk about multiculturalism as it related to his hometown of Birmingham. In tribute to Benjamin’s memory, and to commemorate the 25th anniversary year, they are reinstating the Urban Sermon at the Cathedral, to be delivered by Birmingham Poet Laureate Casey Bailey (2020-2022).

Casey’s address will take up the mantle of Benjamin’s theme of multiculturalism in our city, exploring its place within his own creative work and that of the late Benjamin Zephaniah’s. Alongside his address, this event will feature readings from Casey’s poetry, as well as readings of some of Benjamin Zephaniah’s work delivered by poet and artist Sue Brown.

The event will honour Benjamin’s legacy and impact on the creative life of the city, and celebrate the generations of Birmingham poets building on the foundations Benjamin laid.

We have been invited to have a stand at this event to talk about our legacy forest, The Zephaniah Forest, and raise awareness of the poetry competition.
19:00 – 20:30Birmingham Cathedral (St. Phillip)
19th
October2024
Free Monthly TrainingPests and Diseases: In the field.

Trainer: Ian McDermott, Tonia Clark, Simon Needle
10:00 – 12:00F2F, TBC
16th
November2024
Free Monthly TrainingTree Planting Theory.

Trainer: Steve Watson
10:00 – 12:00Online, Google Classroom
23rd – 1st
Nov – Dec2024
National Tree Week ’24National Tree Week is the UK’s largest annual tree celebration, marking the start of the winter tree planting season.

We will be running several planting projects, including The Zephaniah Forest, Newtown, Nechells, and Alum Rock; planting on behalf of the city.

Please let us know if you’d like to volunteer to plant trees with us this November, and you will be added to our planting list, on a first-come-first-served basis.
N/ABirmingham
21st
December2024
Free Monthly TrainingCHRISTMAS FIELD TRIP
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This Blog Reel includes Posts about our Treevents:

Benjamin Zephaniah: A Celebration
Yesterday’s (1st September) Benjamin Zephaniah: A Celebration held at the Midlands Arts Centre (MAC) was filled with positivity and emotion, as people gathered here to remember the Birmingham icon and celebrate with his family, friends, and many creative and nature-loving individuals from our beautiful city and beyond. With powerful performances from Jasmine Gardosi current Birmingham Poet Laureate, and the previous Laureate Casey Bailey, as well as fantastic musicians, films, and art installations – we joined …
Vandalism in Gravelly Hill
We hate to be the bearers of bad news, but we have found some rather malicious vandalism during our street tree survey in Gravelly Hill, on 28th August. Several of our newly planted trees have been intentionally attacked. Three of this year’s plantings have been sawn off at the base. They’re planted adjacent to each other and have been vandalised in the same manner. A third tree was vandalised within 30 metres, and had been …
End of the UFA at POD Fest
Celebrating with Nechells POD for the end of the UFA Nechells POD recently held their POD Fest on 23rd August, and as part of the final UFA-related event, Katy teamed up with them once again (but certainly not for the last time) to bring many tree-themed activities to the celebrations! Katy Hawkins, our Engagement Officer, has worked hard to establish lasting relationships with fantastic organisations around Birmingham during the Urban Forest Accelerator programme. With previously …
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 dates and times will be communicated to shortlisted candidates. Job Title: Operations ManagerRole: Remote/HybridLocation: BirminghamAccountable to: TrusteesSalary: £30,000 (pro rata)Hours: …