The skies cleared, the sun shone, the rain stopped and the wind dropped for just long enough in March and early April to give our street trees the perfect start to spring. Every drop of rain, every ray of sunshine, every extra minute of daylight, every degree of warmth nourishes and powers those little leaf and flower buds. The annual blossom spectacle began, as always, in late February with the ever-reliable cherry plums (Prunus cerasifera) , followed closely by the magnolia

It's the end of November, and as we pass from autumn into winter most of our trees have shed their leaves and look a bit sorry for themselves. But if you peek beyond the bare branches and the leaden skies you'll still find patches of colour and variety and unmistakable signs that spring is just around the corner. Just two months to go before we start seeing blossom again! We've spent a few days walking around the neighbourhood in the past month, taking pictures of interesting

This year's hot and dry spring and summer have put our street trees under enormous stress and we're now seeing their response: a 'false...

It's the first day of August, and the heavy rains of the past few weeks have finally broken the long heatwave. For some of our young...

As you might imagine, the work involved in compiling and updating the guides to every tree on every street in the Southwark half of...

Tree watching is in some ways like any collector's hobby: birdwatching, trainspotting, stamp collecting or even recipe hoarding. The more...