Trees For Cities - Greening the urban environment
Last updated 21/07/2008 13:17:32
Trees for Cities started life in 1993 as Trees for London when a group of young Londoners recognised the need for more trees in the capital.
The founding vision was to establish a charity that would be highly practical and would work with local communities to get more trees planted and green those areas most in need of greening.
Today, the charity is also involved in a wide range of activities that include educational work with schools and community groups, vocational training in arboriculture, horticulture and woodland management, re-landscaping the public realm, campaigning, as well as ‘trees parties'!
Trees for Cities' work in the UK has spread from London to the Midlands, Manchester, Bristol, Reading and Leeds – and their international work has taken them to places as far afield as Ethipioa, Kenya and Peru.