The Southwark Council (magenta background) leaflet/voting form for the public consultation that ended on 22 June 2007 had mock-up photos of the four proposals. Proposal 1. was a "Feature Tree". The photo shows a broad-leafed deciduous tree with regular trunk and branches. I don't know enough about trees to identify the species. Anyone who voted for the "winning" Proposal 1. didn't get what they voted for. I would estimate that the all in cost of buying a semi-mature deciduous sapling, digging the hole, transporting the sapling, planting it, and any charge for project management would be of the order of ?2000 or less. Does anyone want to make a FoI request for the actual cost?