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

2024 is shaping up to be a really good year for autumn colours. Triggered by the recent cold nights, the emblematic sweet gums of...

In this blog Herne Hill Tree Watch is doing a little bit of amateur phenology. That's the science of changes that plants and animals...

Autumn 2023 has taken a long time to arrive, but at last it’s here. Going by the Met Office seasonal calendar, which takes September to...

In this time of climate change, can we rely on our traditional calendar of the seasons any longer? In July 2022 Southwark council was...

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