Trees for Cities

Tune in today at 3:27pm on BBC Radio 4 to hear Sir Michael Palin share a story of hope in the heart of Tower Hamlets 🌳💚

Our story with Sir Michael Palin began back in 1998 and now, he joins us to deliver our BBC Radio 4 Appeal.

🌳 If you missed this morning's broadcast, tune in tonight at 9:25pm or on Thursday 4th at 3:27pm to hear from Michael on the power of tree planting!

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Happy National Tree Week! Thank you for supporting our mission to plant urban trees in areas that need them most 🌳

BBC Radio 4 - Radio 4 Appeal, Trees for Cities Michael Palin makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Trees for Cities.

I believe you should be able to listen in to the radio broadcast if you have an account!

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We're delighted to announce that Sir Michael Palin, long-standing friend of Trees for Cities, will be delivering our BBC Radio 4 Appeal to support our work this planting season 🌳

Tune in from Sunday 30th of November on BBC Radio 4!
 
💚 Help us plant hope: www.treesforcities.org/bbc-radio-4-...

Newly planted tree whips

Hoping that the next viral trend is planting and protecting urban trees!

Look after yourself in these shorter days - take a walk in your local park to admire the autumnal colours 🍁🍂

Trees for Cities’ volunteers planting tree whips at Sipson Meadow, Hillingdon

"The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit." - Nelson Henderson

It was great to have you and Ian! ☺️

Collage of four photos showing details of the tree planting event and of saplings being planted.

Cllr Farley with representatives from Trees fo Cities under a gazebo.

Planted saplings in Sipson Meadow surrounded by mulch.

Planted saplings in Sipson Meadow surrounded by mulch.

It was great working with residents and volunteers today, planting trees with @treesforcities.bsky.social in Sipson Meadow.
#Hillingdon

Looking for something fun to do on the weekends? Join one of our planting days 🤗🌳

If you're based in Hillingdon, come along - everyone's welcome!

www.treesforcities.org/sipson-meadow

I don’t have all the answers, but one of them is definitely ‘more trees’ 🌳

A young standard tree in Victoria Park, with a label on its cage stating it was planted by Trees for Cities volunteers.

We're excited to get stuck into planting once again 🌳

We hope you get the chance to give back to the environment and plant your own tree this year!

A close up of a tree with yellow-green leaves

Seeing the most vibrant colours on leaves brings me so much joy!

Sometimes you need to pause and look up, you never know what beauty you'll miss 💚

I’m tired. Like ‘crawl into the hollow of a tree and don’t come back out ‘til spring’ tired...

The hill I’d die on: Access to urban nature shouldn’t be dictated by how much you earn.

I’m not “into the environment”, I AM the environment. YOU’RE the environment. We’re ALL connected to *waves hands wildly* this!

Here's proof that you can protect existing trees around redevelopment 🌲

We planted these Dawn Redwoods on Gaunt Street, Elephant and Castle, in 2006. We love that these trees were protected and prioritised during redevelopment of this area over the years!

Give this post a like if you appreciated trees this summer 🌳👍

People sitting under and around trees in St James Park, London

"The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you don't expect to sit."

A dog sitting under the shade of a tree

Another reason why trees are important is that the doggies love the tree shade 🐶🍃

I don’t want AI data centres - I want more green infrastructure in cities!

Trees for Cities staff admiring a tree they planted in Brixton 13 years ago.

“It’s just a tree”

It’s not just a tree, it’s one we planted 13 years ago and now we can see it from our office 🥺💚

Nobody:
Me looking around: needs more trees

If you're out and about today, make sure to take a quick break under some tree shade to cool down 🍃 (and also stay hydrated!)

There's something relaxing about reading indoors with the sound of rain too!

It's a beautiful day, so of course, all I'm thinking about is sitting in the shade of a huge tree and reading a nice book 💓

We're not just growing trees, we're growing thriving, resilient communities - brought together through the shared act of caring for our urban nature 🌳💚

Watch the full video: treesforcities.org/greening-communities

Thank you to @qasaalom.bsky.social and @earthminutes.bsky.social 😊

Walked past a tree today and she told me you look cute 🥰