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Trees for Streets @TreesforStreets

Charity led national street tree sponsorship scheme. We help residents work with their councils to plant more urban trees. Let’s fill our streets with trees.

Joined July 2020
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10 Jan 2023
Tell us 📢 where you’d like your street tree 🌳 planted. When a resident sponsors a tree through @treesforstreets, they get to say where they’d like it planted. Their council does a survey. If all ok, a tree is put in that following winter. treesforstreets.org
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Did you know that we planted our 1,000th tree in Haringey last year? Want to help us reach our next major milestone? Sponsor a tree in Haringey today 👉 sponsor.treesforstreets.org/… @haringeycouncil @HaringeyToday
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Being a tree advocate can take many forms, from working with a tree-based charity to simply taking note of the trees growing in your neighbourhood. Will you help us protect the trees that help us breathe better air, cool down in heatwaves, and collect our carbon? 🌳
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Makesworth Accountants @MakesworthAcc
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🌳 Proud to support a greener future! We're now in our third consecutive year supporting Trees for Streets in Harrow, while also helping fund 18k trees globally through Ecologi. @TreesforStreets Read more: treesforstreets.org/business… #GreenHarrow #Sustainability #ClimateAction
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Facing a hosepipe ban this summer? Want to ensure your local trees still get watered? Use greywater! Greywater is wastewater from household activities like washing the pots, bathing, or laundry, which can be collected to water trees. Consider using it this summer if water levels run low 💧
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Did you know that we also work with businesses that want to give back to their community? Take Makesworth Accountants in Harrow, for example. To align with their aim to make positive change, they sponsored trees for residents and businesses to benefit from 🌳 Read their story here: treesforstreets.org/business…

Business Stories: Makesworth Accountants is helping grow a greener Harrow - Trees for Streets

A local firm is taking action to create a greener and healthier Harrow

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The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations have said that strategically planted urban trees can cool the air up to 8 degrees! We need more trees on our streets to ensure we can combat the heat. Will you help us ensure everyone has access to this cooling power? 🌳❄️ treesforstreets.org/how-it-w…

How it works - Trees for Streets

Our street tree sponsorship programme in three easy steps. How you can sponsor a street tree outside your home today.

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We talk a lot about watering young trees, especially in the summer, but it is vital that newly planted trees get enough water while they are establishing themselves. Find out how hydration helps young trees here: treesforcities.org/resources…

Why Watering Young Trees Matters | Trees for Cities

Watering young trees is essential to helping them survive and thrive, especially during hot, dry summer months.

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With the hot weather set to continue this week, we are asking you to keep an eye on local street trees 🌳☀️ Not sure if the ground around your tree is dry? Give it a drink anyway - it's hard to overwater a tree! Click here for more tree watering tips: treesforstreets.org/how-to-w…
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This weekend is set to be a scorcher in many parts of the UK 🌡️☀️ Remember, trees don't just provide shade in the heat; they also release fine water vapour when they are hydrated. Keep your trees watered to reap the most benefits!
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We talk a lot about watering young trees, especially in the summer, but it is vital that newly planted trees get enough water while they are establishing themselves. Find out how hydration helps young trees here: treesforcities.org/resources…
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Just in case you didn't notice, last month was the hottest May on record 🥵🌡️ As our towns and cities get hotter year on year, we need to plant more trees to ensure everyone can benefit from their cooling properties ❄️
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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 🌳
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Young trees need at least 50L of water per week in order to become well-established trees in the future, which they are unlikely to get from summertime showers in the UK. Water you local street trees today to give them the best chance at a healthy future 🌳 #WateringWednesday
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What are those bags around the base of a tree? They’re tree watering bags! 💧 💡Sue in Newham showed us an innovative way she fills her sponsored tree's watering bag. They can be a bit pesky, but persevere because they’ve proven to increase establishment rates of new trees🌳
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🌳 Businesses can support greener communities with @TreesforStreets “If every business put a bit of resource in, we could make meaningful, positive change.” – Paul Holywell, General Manager in Reading and tree sponsor.
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💧🌳 It’s #WateringWednesday and it’s never mattered more. With record-breaking May heat, young street trees are under real stress and need our help to survive. Join people across the country caring for baby urban trees - one watering can at a time. #Heatwave #ClimateAction
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💧 It’s #WateringWednesday! People across the country are coming together to care for street trees - and it’s making a real difference 🌳 Young urban trees need 50 litres of water each week to survive and thrive. Join the movement and give a tree near you a drink 💚
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Ever wondered what size a sponsored tree is? Well, usually they're 3-5 metres tall, but Lisa in Reading's sponsored tree has to be the biggest we've ever seen! Now that's what we call an ✨instant impact tree✨
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Tree sponsors and Watering Champions across the UK are receiving their watering email reminders today and taking part in #WateringWednesday 💧🌳 Is there a new tree near you that could do with a drink? A good watering makes a huge difference💚🌳
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Jo lives on a busy Sheffield road with no street trees and a lot of traffic noise. But as her newly sponsored tree grows, its dense canopy will act as a natural sound barrier, reducing noise pollution 🔇 and looking fabulous while doing it 🌸
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