Urban Tree Festival Activities
Activities
Things to do for all the family… Activities are being added throughout the 2023 festival!
Tree Art Competition!
Share your best piece of tree-themed art with Students For Trees during the Urban Tree Festival for the chance to win a tree planted in your name or an ethical houseplant voucher!
Online here: Instagram @studentsfortrees
Royal Parks ‘tree’mendous workshop resources, free curriculum-linked virtual workshops. The Royal Parks invite you and your KS2 students to get creative this summer term and speak out about the impact of urban trees during the climate emergency!
Learn more here…
During the Urban Tree Festival, author Paul Wood will be posting a great urban tree everyday. For the last two years, Paul has been researching trees across Britain and Ireland for a new book to be published in 2024. By way of a preview, Paul will be posting accounts of trees he has come across on his travels.
Learn more here…
All communities are are invited to remember the 72+ that died in Grenfell Tower. It will be a reminder of those lost and show support for the Hope and growth of our communities at all levels so a tragedy like this never happens again.
Learn more here…
The audio is pre-recorded and you will be able to take it at your leisure. You can listen to this story wherever you may be - but it’s best enjoyed outside, on a walk and preferably in London. Berkeley Square, Highbury Fields, Victoria Park, Finsbury Park - are all optimum spots to not just hear this story but experience it first hand.
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Nine Elms and Beyond - Get familiar with Wandsworth’s elms - go and take a look at them, learn to recognise them and love them. Explore Wandsworth’s ‘known’ elms on a map of Elms in the neighbourhood. We know there are more elms out there to find - can you help us find them? The activity runs throughout the festival.
Learn more here…
Activities from last year’s Festival - enjoy these at any time.
Making Walnut Ink
With Fiona McIntyre
Why Artists need Trees
With Grace Adam
The Trees of Nine Elms
Explore the Trees of Nine Elms
The Tree Charter Tapestry
a podcast of the stage play
Make a #LeafMotif!
With Save Our Street Trees Northampton
TiCL
Create a #TreeTrail guide for your park or town
Zooming In: Drawing Bark
With Ruth Broadbent
Inspiration Conversation
Naturalist versus Artist
A Dose of Nature
At Beckenham Place Park
Tree Talk
Free Tree Therapy
Hidden Treasure
A poetry project in the London Borough of Merton
Woodlands Theatre Workshop
From Signdance Collective
The Climbing Tree
from the Friends of Horsenden Hill
Walk Generator
From TreeTalk London
Lucas Gardens Tree Trail
with Camberwell Society
How to Paint Trees in Watercolour
With Jay Nolan-Latchford
Brighton Tree Map
The story of a community mapping its trees
Tree Art Competition 2023
With Students For Trees