http://www.havantboroughtreewardens.org.uk Thu, 12 Aug 2010 06:45:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This years festival is on Saturday 11th September and will include a display by Havant Borough Tree Wardens. Admission is free and the event is for all the family. Activities include: Face painting Storytelling Treasure Trail Wood turning About 30 organisations are confirmed as participants, including British Trust for Conservation Volunteers, Hampshire Wildlife Trust and ... http://www.havantboroughtreewardens.org.uk/?p=364 Some photos of the Water Festival event at Staunton Park in July 2010: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Havant Borough Tree Warden display at the Water Festival "][/caption] [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Stall included displays by BTCV, Friends of Park Wood and Brook Meadows"][/caption] http://www.havantboroughtreewardens.org.uk/?p=359 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 ... http://www.havantboroughtreewardens.org.uk/?p=356 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. http://www.havantboroughtreewardens.org.uk/?p=352 The Arboricultural Association is running a weekend training course in May, 2010 called 'Understanding Trees'. "This new course has been developed to help the general public and those with a particular interest in trees, to raise awareness of basic but essential elements of arboricultural understanding, and to enable those with a natural interest in ... http://www.havantboroughtreewardens.org.uk/?p=346 Local Tree Wardens in Emsworth assisted school children from Emsworth Primary School to plant 30 trees in their school grounds in December 2009, as a part of the National Tree Week. The trees, a mixture of Silver Birch, Wild Cherry and Rowan, were supplied for free by the Woodland Trust ... http://www.havantboroughtreewardens.org.uk/?p=337 [caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="New trees at the bridge on Park Road North"][/caption] 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 ... http://www.havantboroughtreewardens.org.uk/?p=333 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. http://www.havantboroughtreewardens.org.uk/?p=331 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 ... http://www.havantboroughtreewardens.org.uk/?p=281 The Woodland Trust has produced a Tree Identification sheet that is easy to use. The sheet pictures winter twigs of 18 common UK trees and can be downloaded  as a PDF file from the Woodland Trust web site. It can be printed on most home computer printers. http://www.havantboroughtreewardens.org.uk/?p=277