The Trees of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
A two-hour guided walk through London’s newest large park
Ticket Information
The Trees of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
Date: Wednesday 17th May
Time: 6.30pm - 8.30pm
Location: Timber Lodge café, inside the park, E20 1DY
Tickets: Free, Book here (Donations welcomed)
An approximately 2-hour guided walk through London’s newest large park, taking in its varied treescapes and tree species and finding out how the site was transformed into a thriving park, and the challenges to keeping the trees healthy given the legacy of the park’s industrial past.
Event Information
Urban Tree Festival: The Trees of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
An approximately 2-hour guided walk through London’s newest large park, taking in its varied treescapes and tree species and finding out how the site was transformed into a thriving park, and the challenges to keeping the trees healthy given the legacy of the park’s industrial past.
The walk is more or less flat, on maintained paths.
Start and end: Timber Lodge café inside the park, E20 1DY.
Nearest tube/mainline: Stratford
Cycle parking: Stand just south of Timber Lodge
Contributors
Claire Harbinson
Is a Principal Arboricultural Consultant with Treework Environmental Practice, one of the UK’s leading arboricultural consultancies. Claire has over 15 years’ experience in arboriculture in both the public and private sectors, navigating all of the various challenges and opportunities that arise from the interaction between humans and trees. Her current focus is on improving soil health to boost the resilience of the UK’s most valuable tree populations.
Claire has been providing tree management advice to Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park since 2017.
Location
Start & End: Timber Lodge café inside the park, E20 1DY
Nearest tube/mainline: Stratford
Cycle parking: Stand just south of Timber Lodge
Please Donate
Most tickets for the Urban Tree Festival are free, but we ask attendees to please donate if they can.
We suggest a donation of £5 per event ticket and you can easily donate by clicking the donate button. Larger donations are always welcomed.
Donations are essential to running the Urban Tree Festival.
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