trees for bees

[mynamehere]

Trees for Bees!!!

The Big Tree Plant, a campaign to encourage people and communities to plant more trees in England's towns, cities and neighbourhoods has announced that its funding programme is open for applications.

?4 million is available (to March 2015) to support community groups to plant trees in towns, cities and residential areas throughout England. Grants of between ?500 and ?25,000 are available to establish community-led tree planting projects in areas that would benefit most. The trees must be planted in streets or in green places that are open to all to visit or where local people will benefit from them. Groups working in areas where more trees would help to improve residents? quality of life are strongly encouraged to apply for the funding. The scheme can fund work such as community involvement, site surveys and expert advice as well as trees, planting materials, labour, and tree care and maintenance.

The deadline for submitting applications is 5pm on the 15th March 2013.

http://www.forestry.gov.uk/england-bigtreeplant

[LondonLogCo]

Excellent post MNH

Are you planning or considering a site?

[mynamehere]

Luckily one of the London Bee Keepers has excellent contacts so I'll leave high level efforts in his excellent informed hands... me I'd like to see all the regeneration money being spent more linked up: every spade of earth turned buries geo thermal and plants nectar rich, every roof has solar and wind; cemeteries are places of quiet reflection and green lungs. Trees should be planted to honour the dead with names and stories on plaques and benches to sit and wild flowers planted in perpetuity. No one is asking us to change the way we think because they are afraid of the kind of vitriol that is posted here.

[LondonLogCo]

Hmmmmm..

Maybe I'll google the original "trees for bees" and do my research there.

:)

[silverfox]

I've got a load of Ash tree saplings going cheap if you're interested mynamehere.

[mynamehere]

Here's something somewhat related on a proposed green link and cycle path improvement

https://forms.southwark.gov.uk/ShowForm.asp?fm_fid=844

the forestry money for trees is going fast

http://www.forestry.gov.uk/england-bigtreeplant

Sorry I rambled LondonLogCo: no, I don't have a particular site in mind