Cambridge Canopy Project

Goodbye !!!! Cambridge Canopy Project cambridge.gov.uk/cambridge-cano… comes to an end today. 1/5

Why not find out what we have achieved by listening to this presentation youtube.com/watch?v=ldNF0O… 5/5

And of course the biggest thanks must go the residents of Cambridge who participated in many of the projects activities and schemes and without whom the City’s urban forest would be all the more poorer. Keep on planting and caring for those trees. 4/5

And to thank our former colleague Matt Ling who led the project. You can watch Matt talk about the project here: youtube.com/watch?v=rqrE6F… 3/5

We would like to thank our partners in the Nature Smart Cities across the 2 Seas project naturesmartcities.eu , which also finishes today for all their support. 2/5

A massive thanks to our #Cambridge @CamCanopyProj and #MatthewLing. Watch his film on multiple benefits from 2384 trees @camcitco planted in open spaces + 1000 trees given to public. We could gain true climate resilience if every house now planted a tree. youtube.com/watch?v=ldNF0O…

@Sam_in_Cam @ChrisHowellCam Sorry to hear that 6 of our trees failed despite the community's generous interventions. We had a 15% failure rate of trees planted in Trumpington in 21/22 overall and a cyclical approach to tree planting to ensure all failed trees, where appropriate are identified and replaced.

@ChrisHowellCam I don't but @CamCanopyProj will

Residents at Ninewells have told me that some trees there have now had to be replanted three times, due to no aftercare by the developer. Extremely proactive RA made officers aware but it's proved a very slow process to get resolved

In Cherry Hinton Hall Park #Cambridge: Hybrid Cockspur Thorn, Crataegus x lavalleei (often minus 'e') still with a few haws as it should be says Lavallée who was in dispute with Carrière as its differnce from what's now C. x lavallei Carrierei. See (🇫🇷): bit.ly/34vcuF6

2022 has been a great year for Trees for Streets. Our lovely sponsors are greening streets in Bedford, Coventry, Bristol, Cambridge, Bradford, and 8 London boroughs. 🌳😀 Read all about it on our blog: treesforstreets.org/tree-stories/ #StreetTrees #UrbanGreening

There's still time to sponsor a tree🌳 for your street 🏡, and have it planted this winter in #Barnet #Cambridge #Bristol #Hillingdon #Islington #Harrow #TowerHamlets #Croydon and #Ealing Head to treesforstreets.org/start to get started. #StreetTrees #UrbanGreening

It's abit chilly. bit.ly/3HfsdiF

With @UNBiodiversity summit #COP15 officially underway in Montreal, you'll be hearing buzzwords such as "biodiversity" and "#biodiversityloss" a lot. What does it mean? Why does it matter? We explain. 👀👇

The Toronto District School Board has committed significant resources to tree planting and maintenance because the return on investment is clear. A study of 387 TDSB schools found significant correlations between tree canopy and student performance. bit.ly/3UgN9bT

The Giant Redwood (Sequoiadendron giganteum) is our December #TreeoftheMonth. These tall evergreen conifers can reach over 80 metres in their native California. Our #AlexandraPark @FriendsAllyPark tree is just 26 metres with a smaller partner nearby. #HaringeyFavouriteTrees

Birmingham trees deliver nearly £4m of health benefits Read here: bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

It's the end of #NationalTreeWeek 💚 We hope you learnt something new about urban trees and celebrated how they make our towns and cities healthier and greener places to live! Urban trees are vital in looking after humans, animals and the planet so let's plant more!!! 🤗

📈 Emissions are rising ⏰ Time is running out ☀️ We must scale up climate solutions According to the latest report by the #IPCC, polluting fossil fuels are causing climate change. Now that we have the solutions, we need to scale them up quickly. #COP15 #ForNature via @WWF

It's great to see the integration of #GreenInfrastructure into such developments in the city, contributing to making #Cambridge more #ClimateResilient.

By leaving deadwood in community spaces and woods, land managers & councils can provide homes for all sorts of insects, mosses, fungi & lichens, as well as vital bird & bat nesting sites. It's also easy climate action⁠, as deadwood locks up carbon for years! #wildlife #nature