Welcome to Part 2 of our in-depth look at the new trees delivered in the 2025/26 planting season. In Part 1 we covered taxonomy (the science of classifying trees) and listed our new saplings by numbers: how many new plantings there were for each street in Herne Hill, how many of each species were planted, and which species were climate-safe. Below we're listing each tree by its scientific niche: the wide family it belongs to, its narrower genus, or group of related trees, its

Spring seems to have arrived in earnest in the first week of March, with longer days, bluer skies, temperatures in double figures and the...

The days are finally getting longer and - although it might not feel like it - spring is definitely around the corner. Tree buds are...

Winter is just around the corner but quite a few of our street trees seem determined to wear their colourful autumn cloaks for as long as...

We’ve had a superb autumn show on the streets of Herne Hill, and while the heavy rain and strong winds of late October have stripped away...