No space on your street for new trees? Plenty of our partner councils offer the opportunity for sponsors to plant a tree in local parks!
Visit our website to find if a park tree is available in your area 🌳
Gall of the week, an unusual example of what seems to be the mite gall of Aceria pseudoplatanea on sycamore, Acer pseudoplatanus, in Scotland.
Photos by Steve Lewis.
This week we decided to explore our local area and took an afternoon walk to Alexandra Park. We’re lucky to have such wonderful green spaces on our doorstep. #ThisIsAP
🌳🪲Eastern Europe's botanic gardens are on the frontline again – fighting the pest Emerald Ash Borer before it spreads further west.
Traps will run through spring and summer, with findings reviewed by diagnostic experts to support early detection.
#Biosecurity#PlantHealth
Keeping Lewes Special!
We are celebrating our Arboretum Town on Saturday 13th June, 11.00 a.m. to 3.00 p.m. at Lewes Climate Hub, Lewes House, 32 High Street - to launch #Lewes#Tree Festival 2026!
Stephen, sorry for so late. I meant to say the last picture of 4 is Hurst Park, wrongly 'x' on the day. The picture attached now is 'Ally Pally', which I 'X' later on the day with apologies. 🏇👍
Getting the hang of this now!
Wg Cdr A Bland of the #RoyalBearForce is not far off gaining his #FAAWings at this rate.
Lovely weather (if a bit hot for a Bear) for flying. 🐻😎🚁
Learn more about his exciting Charity Work wcab.co.uk#FlyNavy#MentalHealthMatters
Gall of the week is the distinctive one of the sexual generation of the cynipid wasp Andricus grossulariae on Turkey oak, Quercus cerris. Plenty of them about just now.
Photographer unknown.
#InvasivePlants like Rhododendron can:
- cause devastating environmental impacts
- be extremely costly to control
- interfere with our health and way of life
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Street Trees for Living Citizen Science Workshop - Join us for our first event of the festival, a friendly introductory session to learn about Lewisham’s tree health programme and how to get involved in citizen science, helping care for local street trees. @STfLLondon
Urban Tree Festival is back! 🌿 A chance to slow down, look closer, and reconnect with the trees around us - through walks, art, conversations and shared experiences across the city and beyond! 🌳@woodlandtrust@VauxhAllOne@cityoflondon
"I recently did a double-take. I was at the London Archives, admiring a wall-mounted, mid-19th century panorama of the Thames, mentally ticking off the familiar features on the north bank. Then I noticed this..." londonist.com/london/history…
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Sometimes when we are botanising we can forget to look up! Which would be a shame as #treeflowers are both fascinating & beautiful! This week’s challenge is to go looking for wild & naturalised trees that are blooming. Share your finds for #WildflowerHour this Sunday 8-9pm!