Grow Back Together

Event Information

The charity Street Trees for Living together with green tech startup Greentalk and Lewisham Council have been piloting a street tree adoption and care project in Lewisham.

It engages, recruits and supports residents through the lifecycle of tree care from site identification, adoption and tree care over a three year period. With funding from the Mayor of London’s Grow Back Greener Fund, the partners have worked to identify vacant tree pits in areas of the borough with high emissions, high flood risk, and low tree canopy area that can be reopened and new trees planted.

The trees will be paid for by the Mayor of London and Lewisham Council, and volunteer Tree Guardians are being recruited who can adopt tree pits close to their home or work. Once the trees are planted by the end of 2023, volunteer Tree Guardians will become responsible for watering their trees, helping to ensure they survive and thrive through the crucial first three years.

The Shedule

Webinar welcome and introduction to participants.

An introduction to the project touching on the GLA’s Grow Back Greener fund and the priorities for STfL, LBL and the Mayor. Introduction to Street Trees for Living – Marie-Claire Denyer, STfL

Followed by an introduction to Greentalk and demonstration of Grow Back Together Website – Rob Tustain, GT

Then identifying vacant tree pits, preparing, promoting and planting – Jack Delso , LBL

And finally questions…

45 minutes presentation + 15 minutes Q&A

Contributors

Grow Back Together is bought to you by:

STfL: Marie-Claire Denyer

London Borough of Lewisham: Jack Delso

Greentalk: Rob Tustain, Steve Pocock

Hosted by: Paul Wood

Moderated by: Neil Sinden

Grow Back Together is an innovative project in Lewisham pioneering a new approach to engaging residents with street tree care. The project is live at growbacktogether.org.

The project combines the specialisms of Street Trees for Living (volunteer coordination and tree care) and Greentalk’s innovative technology platform enabling the mapping of tree pits, volunteer recruitment and ongoing tree care communication.

The project is supported by Lewisham Council who have provided information on vacant tree pits, carried out inspections, stencilled promotional pavement ads and helped to raise awareness of the project through their communication channels.

Location of event

Free online Zoom event.

100 tickets available.