Tree Rings: Great Trees

Join us for a celebration of urban and suburban trees, woods, forests, scrubland, hedgerows and all the wild places that bring life and joy to our cities!

Urban Tree Festival

Tree Rings, a series of live webinars curated by CPRE London – the countryside charity working for a greener cityThe webinars will explore a range of contemporary issues concerning trees in and around urban areas with leading policy makers and practitioners. Topics will range from their contribution to a sense of place and the role they play in responding to climate change, to how they can help build stronger, more healthy communities, and provide opportunities to connect with nature and the countryside.

Great TreesWe would like to have taken you to see Great Trees, but with lockdown we’ll do the next best thing and bring Great trees to you – and perhaps you could bring some Great Trees to us!We’ll be discussing what it means to be a ‘Great’ Tree, how trees come to be Great, whether you can measure ‘greatness’. How do you weigh beauty, rarity and history? What is most important: personal preference or professional judgement? Explore these questions with author<a href="https://urbantreefestival.org/our-team/peter-fiennes" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> Peter Fiennes</a>, who commissioned the the official Great Trees of London (the first book on this topic published by Time Out in 2010), Margaret Peart, Sheffield Tree Festival, and<a href="https://urbantreefestival.org/our-team/simon-edwards" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> Simon Edwards</a>, Director of TiCL Media. Chaired by Paul Wood, author. We'd like to hear from you!Tell us about trees you think are Great, and why! If you’re coming along to the virtual meeting and would like to bring a tree you think is ‘Great’ for discussion please send a photo of the tree, together with the reason you think it’s ‘Great’ to simon@ticl.me by Saturday 23rd May. We will try and include you and it in the discussion (please send your e.mail from the same address you’ll be checking in to Zoom with for the meeting).

Paul Wood (aka @TheStreetTree) author of London’s Street Trees, has recently produced The Great Trees of London Map.Simon Edwards who’s TiCL App and website has been used by locals to show Great Trees in a number of different cities including London and, most recently, Brighton.Margaret Peart who, Tweeting as Vernon Oak, found out first hand what it was like to have greatness thrust upon’er during the SaveSheffTrees Campaign, saving thousands of trees from destruction by Sheffield City Council and elevating Vernon and other trees to ‘greatness’ in the process.About Urban Tree FestivalThis event is part of the 2020 Urban Tree Festival. Now in its third year and for the first time in an accessible virtual format. Visit <a href="http://www.urbantreefestival.org" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">urbantreefestival.org</a> for more information about this year's exciting programme of events. You can register for as many as you like. Note, all events are free but most must be booked in advance. The festival is entirely run by a dedicated team of tree-loving volunteers. Please click <a href="https://secure.squarespace.com/checkout/donate?donatePageId=5df0f5179e817831826888de&ss_cid=364e8cbd-ba1a-446d-ace4-1479a04d11eb&ss_cvisit=1588935619340&ss_cvr=182beb13-65a8-4762-a6fc-a8c07ff0e8f2%7C1582636804362%7C1588933175249%7C1588935619038%7C21" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a> to donate and support the future of the festival.DisclaimerWe want you to have a great experience celebrating trees with the Urban Tree Festival. Please follow these guidelines and be respectful online.To enable this to happen we will be releasing the zoom link enabling you to join your event before an event begins.Please make sure you check your emails for the link and that you have Zoom installed on your device and are familiar with how it works if this is your first time using it. Please join the event promptly, we will be ‘locking’ events five minutes after their advertised start time and which means late arrivals will not be allowed entry.Please do not share the link to the Zoom meeting on social media or elsewhere as there is a capacity limit to each event, and we will only allow entry to those who have booked.It is always our desire to create the safest events but we cannot accept any responsibility for the actions of others during live events. We will be moderating events and reserve the right to eject participants. Please be wise and help make the urban Tree Festival a safe and considerate platform for all to enjoy and thank you for supporting the Festival.All zoom meetings will be recorded.

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