Summer 2009
IN THIS ISSUE New Tree Warden networksChampioning local treesTechnical_updateCommunity Action ProgrammeFundingResourcesTell us your news
DIARY DATES
Tree Warden Forums
Plans are well under way for the following regional forums this autumn:
South East – 4 October at York Club, Windsor Great Park, Berkshire, hosted by the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
South West – 24 October at Old Forde House, Brunel Road, Newton Abbot, Devon, hosted by Teignbridge District Council. Date and venue to be confirmed.
East Anglia – 20 September at Manningtree Scout Hall, Essex.hosted by Tendring District Council
West Midlands – 3 October at Daglinworth Village Hall and the Bathhurst Estate, near Cirencester, hosted by Cotswold Tree Wardens
East Midlands – 10 October at Hill Holt Wood, Lincolnshire, hosted by BTCV/West Lindsey District Council.
North – hosted by Manchester City Council. Date and venue to be confirmed.
Further details will be available in due course through network co-ordinators.
Space is always limited for these events, so if you would like to attend your nearest forum, flag this up with your local co-ordinator as soon as possible.
Community Action Programme
The Tree Council’s annual Community Action Programme provides a really useful framework for Tree Wardens to get schools and communities involved in planting, caring for and enjoying their local trees.
Dates for the next few months are:
Tree Care Campaign
Continues until September
Seed Gathering Season
23 September to 23 October
National Tree Week
25 November to 6 December
This year, The Tree Council's National Tree Week includes the Breathing Places Tree O'Clock World Record attempt.
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Ancient Tree Hunt
Tree Wardens are invited to free, Ancitent Tree Hunt recording events on sites selected for their uniqueness and number of interesting, unrecorded trees. To find out more contact ath@woodlandtrust.org.uk or follow the link to Ancient Tree Hunt
Great British Trees
 Alan Burgess's paintings of the Fifty Great British Trees that he and fellow Tree Wardens helped to single out will be on show until 27 June at the Gibberd Gallery, Civic Centre, Water Gardens, Harlow, Essex CM20 1WG, Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm, Sat 9am - 12 noon. Read More
SOURCES OF FUNDS
Parish Hedge Trees
New grants for planting Parish Hedge Trees are available to Tree Wardens from The Tree Council.
This is to enable you to plant new saplings in existing hedges in your parish, so that there are trees growing at an optimum average of 20m apart. Grants are likely to be in the region of £200 to plant 50 hedge trees.
The deadline for applications is 20 July. Download a form here for Parish Hedge Trees or contact your local network co-ordinator.
Tree Wardens have already played a very important part in The Tree Council’s Hedge Tree Campaign. Read More
Bluebells, spring flowers and oak trees
Funding is also available from The Tree Council – through the Good Gifts Catalogue – for Tree Wardens to create bluebell woods, plant wildflowers, or to plant and grow oak seedlings.
Download a form here for Tree Council Grants or contact your local network co-ordinator.
The Good Gifts Catalogue has nearly 200 gift ideas provided by national and international charities. To find out more follow the link to Good Gifts
Awards for All
Grants from £300 to £10,000 are available for projects that promote education, the environment and health in the local community.
Grants are for not-for-profit groups, parish or town councils, schools or health bodies that can use the grant within one year. The application form is short and simple. To find out more follow the link to Awards for All
RESOURCES
Tree Ties
The Tree Council has worked with member organisation Learning Through Landscapes on an electronic teaching and learning resource to help schools choose, plant and look after trees.
There’s a free website, and a CD-Rom to buy with additional activity sheets which can be printed as many times as needed. It is ideal for all schools, other organisations and community projects.
To find out more follow this Tree Council link
New books
Glossary of Tree Terms
The Royal Forestry Society has updated its handy Glossary of Tree Terms.
 The booklet, produced with support from Forestry Journal, turns ‘ tree-speak’ into plain English and is aimed at everyone with an interest in trees. It defines more than 300 terms, from ‘acidification’ to ‘young growth‘, spells out around 70 acronyms and lists useful websites.
Tree Terms costs £3 (inc p & p) by following the link to Royal Forestry Society or by post from the RFS, 102 High Street, Tring, Hertfordshire HP23 4AF, tel 01442 822028.
400 Trees and Shrubs
By Diana M Miller, published by Timber Press, ISBN-13: 978-0-88192-875-4, £20
 This contains old favourites as well as the most promising new cultivars. Many of the trees and shrubs give more than one season’s interest. It includes those with a columnar form or with a light canopy. At its heart is a comprehensive directory of 400 trees and shrubs, with detailed descriptions and full cultivation advice.
Trees for All Seasons
By Sean Hogan, published by Timber Press, ISBN-13: 978-0-88192-674-3, £25
 With an American slant, this book is about broadleaved, evergreen trees for temperate climates such as our own. It includes details on height, shape, speed of growth, and favourite conditions. This book has useful suggestions for a wide range of climates and uses (e.g. gardens and containers). If you want an evergreen to fill in a particular spot in the garden, then this book will help.
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Dear Tree Warden
Welcome to the first issue of our new electronic newsletter, designed to help keep you up to date with ideas, news and opportunities. Apologies for not getting this to you as soon as we'd hoped, but there have been technical difficulties.
We have received many requests to receive your regular updates electronically. As this makes very good environmental sense, we have decided to experiment. So this e-newsletter replaces The Tree Guardian and, like it, will be published three times a year.
We’d very much welcome your feedback on this issue and we hope you will continue to send us your news.
It would be very helpful if you could take part in our survey of Tree Warden activities. Please print off and fill in the questionnaire and post it back to us (by 30 September) so that we can plan for the future and highlight the valuable volunteer time Tree Wardens dedicate to trees and the environment.
We also hope to receive your applications for the new funding we have available for Parish Hedge Trees. The deadline for grant applications is 20 July.
Thank you very much for all you do to champion your communities’ trees.
All the very best for Tree Wardening over the coming months.
Margaret Lipscombe, Director, Urban Programmes
Jon Stokes, Director, Rural Programmes
All Tree Wardens who donate a minimum of £10 a year to The Tree Council (a registered charity) receive Tree News, our award-winning magazine which we publish twice a year. Telephone 0844 844 0087.
Photo competition
Inspired by wonderful fresh greens to go out and take photographs of trees? Or maybe you already have some photos of magnificent trees that you’ve taken at other times of the year.
Tree News is keen to have entries from Tree Wardens for its latest photo competition, and there’s just time if you’re quick off the mark. The closing date is 30 June 2009. Read More »
New networks...
We are very pleased to welcome three new Tree Warden networks to the national scheme. They are two new urban Tree Warden groups in
Exeter where the new network was inspired by the city's tree strategy Read More
and Warwick where Tree Wardens have made schools their first priority Read More
plus the first-ever network in Wiltshire – covering the whole of the county Read More.
...and developments
Meanwhile at some of the existing networks:
Lincoln Tree Wardens have just taken a new step in the development of their network. They have become an independent group. Read More
South Gloucestershire Tree Wardening has been revitalised by the call from the local council to help survey farmland and hedgerow trees. Membership has leapt from six Tree Wardens to a network of 30. Read More
Championing local trees
In all sorts of ways, Tree Wardens throughout the UK are helping to make more people aware that trees matter to their communities – and why. Here we look at a few examples.
 Breckland Tree Warden Simon Malone helped children in his Norfolk parish of Croxton to plant a landmark beech close to the village sign and next to a bench installed in memory of a local resident. Read More
Bristol Tree Warden Craig Dunsford is doing his bit to maintain the age structure of the native oak trees in a local woodland – and he’s also involved a neighbouring school in the project. Read More »
 Broadland Tree Warden John Fleetwood is an Ancient Tree Hunt speaker who travelled from his Norfolk home to lead a walk and talk on ancient trees for Essex County Council Read More »
 Mid Suffolk Tree Warden Paul Read is co-ordinating a traditional orchards survey of the whole of the county, and fellow Tree Wardens are playing a key role by covering their own parishes. Read More »
 Pembrokeshire Tree Wardens took to the sea in May to hunt on the cliff edges of Ramsey Island for one of the rarest trees in Britain. Read More
Plymouth Tree Wardens are supporting local schools ‘regreening’their sites through a range of tree and wildlife activities, thanks to funding from the Plymouth Tree Partnership. Read More
South Oxfordshire Tree Wardens were involved in several National Tree Week planting projects that were made possible by their council’s annual Free Tree Scheme. Read More
Tauton Deane Tree Warden Jim Ritchie has prepared a colourful, illustrated booklet to encourage and inform “tree-watching” in his parish. Read More
 Wakefield Tree Wardens are helping to restore an overgrown arboretum. They have planted 17 new specimen trees since Wakefield Council thinned out the site last winter, and installed three new seats. Read More
York Tree Wardens are using a variation on a Scouts' memory quiz - Kim's Game – to get young people thinking more about trees and the environment. Read More
Technical update
Snow damage that doesn’t show till later
Tree Wardens are being urged this summer to be on the lookout for damage to trees following the winter’s heavy snowfalls. Read More »
£25 million plant health campaign
A £25 million campaign against Phytophthora ramorum and Phytophthora kernoviae, which are affecting historic gardens, woodland and heathlands across England and Wales, has been announced by Defra. Read More »
Tell us your news
The next issue of Tree Warden Update will be sent to you in the autumn.
If you have news to report, dates to flag up or ideas and information to share with fellow Tree Wardens, please email the details to TreeWardenUpdate@treecouncil.org.uk
Or write to Tree Warden Update, The Tree Council, 71 Newcomen Street, London SE1 1YT
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