Following a hugely successful Northern Tree Warden Forum in the Wirral, in partnership with the Wirral Initiative on Trees and Wirral Borough Council, on Saturday 19 October 2019, we are delighted to share with you the speakers' presentations: 

Sara Lom: CEO The Tree Council  Introduction and update from The Tree Council

Professor Alan Simson: Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urban Forestry at Leeds Beckett University Urban Forestry, Infrastructures and climate change

Kenton Rodgers: Treeconomics The Benefits of Urban Trees and a Cost Benefit Analysis

Dealga O’Callaghan: Arboricultural consultant ‘The right tree in the right place’ 

Jon Stokes: The Tree Council  Why trees matter in a changing environment.

Professor Alan Simson: Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urban Forestry at Leeds Beckett University Revisioning Parks – planting trees for the future.  

Jon Stokes: The Tree Council Ash dieback and the impact on hedgerows.

Michael Anders: Tree Risk Management Coordinator Wirral Borough Council  Retrofitting vernal herbaceous forbs - adding taxonomic diversity to new woodland planting.