Our Trees Need You

There will be an event organised by Friends of the Earth and Havant Borough Tree Wardens on the 2nd June to attract more volunteers to the Tree Warden scheme. Posters and leaflets are being distributed around the borough. Anyone interested in learning about the scheme or would like to become a Tree Warden in the following areas are welcome:

Havant
Bedhampton
Langstone
Leigh Park
Waterlooville

Time: 7.30pm
Date: Tues 2 June 2009
Place: United Reform Church Hall , North Street, Havant.

Poster A4

Posted: May 22, 2009
Last updated: July 6, 2009





Steering Group Meeting Minutes 21/01/09

The first steering group meeting was held on 21/01/2009. Click on the link below to download the minutes:

Minutes (PDF file)

Posted: February 16, 2009
Last updated: February 16, 2009





2009 dates for the diary

Meetings and training sessions for 2009:

18/3/09 – Legal training Committee Room 1 6pm – JG
28/4/09 – Steering Group Committee Room 1 6pm – JG/JS
28/5/09 – Tree ID Leigh Park Gardens 1pm – JG/AS
6/8/09 –    Pest and diseases event is cancelled
8/9/09 –    Seed Collection Warblington Church 2pm – JG/JS
14/9/09 –  Steering Group Committee Room 1 6pm – JG/JS
3/11/09 –  Tree Planting HBC site TBC 2pm – JG/AS/JS

Jon Stokes (JS)
Jamie Gargett (JG)
Andrew Skeet (AS)

Posted: February 2, 2009
Last updated: July 23, 2009





HBTW Meeting 12/11/08

There will be a Havant Borough Tree Warden meeting on 12 November 6-8pm, at HBC Civic Offices.

Topics of the meeting will include:

Steering Group.
Discuss whether HBC will become a partner of the Tree Council.
Jon Stokes to give a training session about growing and planting suitable trees for gardens.

Posted: October 9, 2008
Last updated: October 9, 2008





Tree Council Regional Meeting

The regional meeting for tree wardens will take place at Alton Maltings, Alton on Saturday 1st November 2008.

Talks include:
Ancient Yews in Britain: Fred Hageneder
Growing trees from seed
A Tree Warden’s day in Alton

Tour of Alton’s Treescape
Visit to include Farringdon Yew

Bookings in advance (closing date 30th Sept).

Portsmouth News article

Posted: September 17, 2008
Last updated: November 11, 2008





HBTW Steering Group Meeting 21/1/09

The date for the first meeting of the Havant Borough Tree Warden Steering Group has been arranged for Wednesday 21 January, 6pm in the Civic Offices.

Suggested items to be discussed at the first meeting include:

The nature of the group and how often it meets
The nature of the year ahead – training needs, events etc
Projects for 2009
Aims of the group and aims for the network

All other topics can also be added to the agenda as they come up.

If you have any ideas for the agenda, please let Frances Jannaway know.

Posted: January 10, 2008
Last updated: February 16, 2009