Tree Warden display at 2010 Hampshire Water Festival
Some photos of the Water Festival event at Staunton Park in July 2010:
Havant Borough Tree Warden display at the Water Festival
Stall included displays by BTCV, Friends of Park Wood and Brook Meadows
Posted: July 25, 2010
Last updated: July 25, 2010
Urban trees and bird migration
Scientists in America have shown that urban trees, woods and forests help many migrating birds journey between winter and breeding sites. The scientists tagged over 100 birds and were able to monitor where they rested and for how long. As a result they were able to see how important urban green spaces were.
Posted: May 21, 2010
Last updated: May 21, 2010
Portsmouth & Southsea Tree Wardens
Portsmouth and Southsea Tree Wardens formally came into existence In March
2010 after an inaugural meeting on 25 February. They have a web
site at this URL:
http://www.portsmouthsouthseatreewardens.co.nr
They are having a Tree ID walk guided by Jon Stokes around Milton Park on Sunday 23 May 2010 2pm – 4pm.
Posted: April 1, 2010
Last updated: April 1, 2010
New Trees Planted in Havant
New trees at the bridge on Park Road North
Six new Red Ash (Fraxinus Pennsylvanica) trees have been planted along the embankment at the bridge on Park Road North, thanks to the efforts of Ralph Cousins, a Leigh Park/Havant area tree warden. The trees were paid for with funds from Havant and Emsworth Chamber of Commerce.
Posted: February 1, 2010
Last updated: February 6, 2010
Twitter about trees
The Tree Council is now on Twitter, so if you feel like having a tweet, go along to the councils Twitter page at twitter.com/TheTreeCouncil and join in.
Posted: January 15, 2010
Last updated: January 15, 2010
Tree planting at Jubilee Park
Tree Wardens in the Waterlooville area helped the BCTV voluntary organisation plant trees at Jubilee Park recently. Most of the work however, was done by youths from the PETA training organisation, who helped plant some 150 tree whips in various locations of the park. Rachel Moroney from BCTV gave a quick lesson in planting the whips, before about 10 youths and some tree wardens marched off with spades and gloves to do some planting.
Posted: November 19, 2009
Last updated: November 19, 2009
Tree O’Clock
The BBC are running a pledge scheme that involves people planting a tree at mid-day on the 5th Dec 2009. The idea is called Tree O’clock at the time of writing 209,953 trees were pledged in 66 countries. For more information go to the BBC Breathing Spaces web site.
Posted: November 9, 2009
Last updated: November 9, 2009
Warblington Seed collection session to be on Radio 4
Jon Stokes and Havant Borough Tree Warden Jamie Brum were recorded with Pippa Greenwood for Radio 4, Gardners’ Question Time this month. They were collecting seeds at Warblington Churchyard helped by children from Mengham Junior school, Hayling Island.
The radio show will be broadcast on Friday 2nd October at 3pm and will be available on iPlayer.
Posted: September 22, 2009
Last updated: February 6, 2010
Woodland biodiversity loss
New research is showing that some English woodlands are becoming homogenised, with a subsequent loss in biodiversity. Sally Keith a researcher at Centre for Ecology and Hydrology has looked at records of some 65 woods surveyed in the 1930s. She found that although the number of species were similar, they are less distinctive today. Pollution and changes in management are blamed.
Posted: July 28, 2009
Last updated: July 28, 2009
New Trees for Havant
Havant Borough Tree Wardens are pleased to announce that Ralph Cousins, TW in Leigh Park and former borough councillor, has obtained funding to plant 6-7 street trees on the western side of Park Road North in Havant.
Nearby residents and also possibly Havant Community Board and Resident’s Associations will be consulted/informed. Species to be agreed with the Highway Authority.
Posted: July 27, 2009
Last updated: July 27, 2009