If you missed our event last week you can come down this Sunday for the Hackney community open day, explore the wondrous world of trees with a variety of activities perfect for a family day out!

Tree Musketeers

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We have a really effective RA gardening group that helps enormously and have just had wonderful urban tree tours organised by Churchill Gardens Residents Association Paul Wood 🌳 and UrbanTreeFestival please join us next year

Thank you to the London Evening Standard for their best festival picks article! The Standard

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Lovely walk between artists' studios yesterday, linking #EppingForest & 3 local artists inspired by it - Sharon Drew hugh hamshaw thomas Alison Chaplin, all part of the wonderful UrbanTreeFestival 👋👋 #LoveEppingForest

Think about this as #AroundtheUKin100Trees

I’m making a FREE list and map 👍🏻

PLEASE SUGGEST TREES YOU THINK WE SHOULD iNCLUDE 🙏

The Tree Council Woodland Trust🌳 National Trust Forestry Commission Arboricultural Association Ancient Tree Forum Scottish Forestry CIFOR-ICRAF TROBI

Fun and challenging afternoon trying to identify London plane cultivars in Hyde, Green and St James's Parks.

Made even more challenging by natural leaf variation amongst similar cultivars and even in different parts of the same tree!!

Tom Boughton Epping Forest Epping Forest Heritage Trust Sharon Drew Alison Chaplin hugh hamshaw thomas E17 Art Trail

Japanese Emperor Oak (Quercus dentata) in Gunnersbury Park on Urban Tree Festival walk led by Peter Coles yesterday. It has HUGE leaves and is one of only 5 or so specimens in Britain. UrbanTreeFestival TROBI

Visiting two Artists Studios linked by Epping Forest Walk Epping Forest Epping Forest Heritage Trust

Wrapping up the festival 2.30pm - Guided Tour of Southwark Park’s Trees with Paul Wood - one of London’s largest and oldest public parks, home to many fine and interesting trees, dating back to its foundation, author Paul Wood takes us on our final walk of 2024!🌳SOLD OUT

2.30pm Camberwell: Together with Mulberries — Tree Drawing Workshop 🌳 A FEW TICKETS LEFT!

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2.00pm Today Dementia-friendly-ParkBathe at - The Wilderness Garden, Croydon - dementia-friendly forest bathing session suitable for people with low mobility and wheelchairs. Carers welcome too.

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12.00noon - 5.00pm - Brockley Art House is open for a Studio Day - hosting a viewing of works highlighting the importance of trees in the urban landscape.

From 11.30am Today is Mutton Brook Tiny Forest Wildlife Count - join us to see how many butterflies, bees and bugs we can count, and we will contribute to this nation-wide survey effort.

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