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Summer 2025: Trees under stress
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...


May 2025: Another side of spring
As you might imagine, the work involved in compiling and updating the guides to every tree on every street in the Southwark half of...


September 2022: The maple lineup
Depending on which calculation you choose, autumn has either already arrived or will be here in a fortnight’s time. ‘Meteorological...


May 2022: The seasons change
The seasons are changing from late spring to early summer, and even though the weather is still pretty erratic the temperature is...


July 2021: Fruits and nuts
Our weather is still very unpredictable, but the sun and rain in early July have given our street trees a welcome growth spurt. Look...


June 2021: Watering in the wet
We’re in the first days of summer and the sun is finally shining, but it’s been a puzzling spring. After an exceptionally cold and dry...


May 2021: Much blossom, no rain
This has been a pretty unusual spring, weatherwise. Apart from the unseasonal cold, the serious lack of rain week after week has been bad...


April 2021: Time to get watering
As the sun climbs steadily in the sky and the weather becomes warmer and drier, our street trees are gearing up for a rapid growth spurt....


March 2021: Top 20 trees
It's been a long time coming but springtime is finally upon us. The warmer air and the longer days mean buds are swelling and blossom is...


February 2021: Digging tree pits
The last couple of weeks have felt like deepest midwinter, but the days are getting longer, the sun is gradually climbing in the sky and...


July 2020: Street leaders wanted
Welcome to our first newsletter of the summer. First, a note about ambitious planting targets - globally and closer to home. Trillion...


June 2020: Work teams are back
As the lockdown eases a little, we’ve had some great news from the council: we can start going out volunteering in small groups again....


May 2020: The first sapling
We've had some very welcome rain this week after a long period of warm, dry weather, but watering vulnerable young trees remains our...


April 2020: Under lockdown
We hope that you’re all in good health, coping well with the lockdown and enjoying this glorious spring. As you can appreciate, our...