People who care about urban green space and have banded together to resist over development of our precious local park. Sign-up to our supporters list.
Joined May 2020
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24 Mar 2021
Today we won our space, air, trees, sky, peace, beauty and sun light!
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19 Jun 2024
See background and more detail here on why and how you should object facebook.com/share/p/iW25Eha…
We can save these trees AGAIN but we must act now!
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19 Jun 2024
3rd time in 3 years these trees on St Matthew's Piece are under threat! If you care about our precious green space please OBJECT to 24/0413/TTPO2 on applications.greatercambridg… see next post for link to background and more info @LGSpace #trees #cambridge
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Friends of St Matthew's Piece retweeted
17 Jun 2024
Not ANOTHER One! (Not Brenda from Bristol bemoaning #GE2024.) @st_friendsof St Matthews Piece are fighting yet another threat to the three trees. 🌳🌳🌳 @PACTcambridge Full info and suggested objections in the link: mill-road.com/not-another-on…
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Friends of St Matthew's Piece retweeted
7 Apr 2024
Celebrate our herbicide-free flora! All welcome, do sign up via eventbrite link or email onthevergecambridge@gmail.com @PANUKPFC @bc_cambs_essex @Cambsmoths @Love_plants #pesticidefree #Cambridge
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Friends of St Matthew's Piece retweeted
5 Feb 2024
My thoughts on the urgent need for better pesticide regulation in the UK. RT if you agree.
theconversation.com/pesticid…
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8 Feb 2024
Sir David King, former Chief Scientific Advisor to UK Government, sums up why @GreaterCambs busway via Coton Orchard is flawed. "There are alternative ways... expressways either side provide that opportunity...[rather than] yet another roadway through the middle of a green area".
7 Feb 2024
We all want better public transport but there is an alternative than to “destroy the sense that the #orchard has now, of being a historical place & where #trees are part of the design. Trees take up carbon dioxide, cause transpiration, produce cooling…” @Sir_David_King 🌳🚌❌✏️ change.org/p/save-the-green-…
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Friends of St Matthew's Piece retweeted
28 Oct 2023
❗️🪓🍎🪓❗️It’s Bonkers @BonkersBusway
26 Oct 2023
Over in Cambridgeshire they’re doing away with pesky orchards to make way for green initiatives like bus lanes theguardian.com/environment/…
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Friends of St Matthew's Piece retweeted
27 Oct 2023
Re “latest Rpt to @camcitco Planning Cttee (Presenting Officer Joanna Davies) appears to weight arguments in favour of removal of these three 100 year-old trees”. Closing argument of QueensColl barrister re felling trees impacting Nature Reserve “It was tree officer’s choice”.
8 Oct 2023
Queens' College #Cambridge want to fell mature trees, three poplars and two healthy ash trees, in a protected open space next to #Paradise Nature Reserve - biodiverse bat conduit.
“It was the tree officer’s choice to fell them.”
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Friends of St Matthew's Piece retweeted
1 Aug 2023
Let’s not pour concrete across our countryside for a bus road and say it’s ‘a key part of decarbonisation’ or fell 100s of mature trees to ‘reduce air pollution’ @LNethsingha #BusLaneNotBusway #CutTrafficNotTrees #SaveCotonOrchard 🖊 change.org/p/save-the-green-…
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31 Jul 2023
Urgent please OBJECT to the unnecessary felling of 3 mature, magnificent trees in St Matthew’s Piece before the planning meeting this 2nd Aug. See details, reasons, how/who to email here mill-road.com/st-matthews-pi…
@CPRECambs @BonkersBusway @FeCRA2
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Friends of St Matthew's Piece retweeted
15 Feb 2023
St Matthew’s Piece is a cool, tranquil mini woodland in our busy city. During the last hot summer it was noticeable cooler in this space. Thank you @cppf_pc for recognising the importance of these 100 year old trees in this conservation area
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Friends of St Matthew's Piece retweeted
15 Feb 2023
The trees at #stmatthewspiece make the area special. Help save them by objecting to the application to fell 3 London Plane trees at bit.ly/3YSIoIk. Here's what we said bit.ly/3dVyUXj @st_friendsof @CambridgePPF @cllrkatie @mikelode1
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Friends of St Matthew's Piece retweeted
20 Aug 2022
A Tree Protection Order has been urgently requested, councillors and tree officers are involved but watch this space, the @st_friendsof are literally doing so.
19 Aug 2022
This glorious, huge, mature maple tree on St Matthew’s St needs you! Email friends.of.st.matthews.piece@gmail.com to join their supporters list and find out how you can save it! Trees like this are vital to our city! @CamCanopyProj @st_friendsof
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Some of our volunteers are in today’s @CambridgeIndy, helping to highlight the plight of #toads (and other #amphibians) in central Cambridge. Unfortunately, they often need a hand returning to their breeding ponds at this time of year. #ToadsonRoads #TheGrateEscape
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Friends of St Matthew's Piece retweeted
30 Mar 2022
If you'd like your street not to be sprayed by #herbicide sign up to help manage it better for both wildlife and people here @camcitco offers help, tools
cambridge.gov.uk/adopt-your-…
@FeCRA2 @Wild_Girton @XRewilding @morethanweeds @lambeth_council
30 Mar 2022
@camcitco have launched their #herbicidefree street adoption scheme - better for #biodiversity and for public health. Sign up! @FOLM_Cambridge @st_friendsof @jeremysallis @BBCCambs
@BBCLookEast @itvanglia cambridge.gov.uk/adopt-your-…
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Friends of St Matthew's Piece retweeted
9 Mar 2022
At @StBedesCambs shovelling sand into the turf bank for solitary bees. Now 7 Cambridge schools have a new #wildflower #meadow Next time we'll be sowing seed with the students !
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Friends of St Matthew's Piece retweeted
21 Feb 2022
21 Feb 2022
Amphibian survey this Fri 25th Feb at Logans meadow! Meet at 6pm by swift tower. Bring a torch and dress suitably. Children welcome but should be supevised. Hoping for lots of newts and frogs!
See our events page
logansmeadow.wordpress.com/b…
@CandPARG @camcitco
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Friends of St Matthew's Piece retweeted
2 Feb 2022
Two wards go herbicide-free and City Council launches herbicide-free streets scheme BUT join us to demand the council end toxic chemical use city-wide by the end of 2022!
pesticidefreecambridge.org/p…
@BBCLookEast @itvanglia @DaveGoulson @guardian @BBCCambs
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7 Jan 2022
The night mare of our park's future continues.....
It will be a good thing to get help from our local parks dept.
Anyone interested in getting involved with helping protect our beautiful little park from future imposing development?
cambsfutureparks.org.uk/
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Friends of St Matthew's Piece retweeted
15 Dec 2021
The tragic death of #FatihaSabrin following exposure to pesticides in her London home MUST be a wake-up call. End the routine use of these toxic chemicals NOW. More here
facebook.com/permalink.php?s…
@MCSAware @CHEMTrust @DaveGoulson @GeorgeMonbiot
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