And now, some good news for trees

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Londow Wildlife Trust have recently announced receipt of a Lottery grant for their Great North Wood project. There are some very general details of it at http://www.wildlondon.org.uk/news/2016/02/16/discover-great-north-wood-%E2%80%93-south-london%E2%80%99s-forgotten-landscape, from which:

"The initial nine month development stage of the Great North Wood project will see London Wildlife Trust working with volunteers, community groups and local councils to raise awareness of the woodlands, find out people?s views about how to improve the woodlands for both wildlife and people and to enhance the ecological value of the surviving parts of the Great North Wood and places in between.

"If the first stage is successful, the Trust will seek further funding of around ?700,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund to secure significant improvements to the Wood, with the aim of providing substantial benefits to London?s woodland environment and the people that live near to it."

Also mentioned, a tree-planting event tomorrow in Brockwell Park:

"Sam will be joined by Brockwell Park Community Partners and the Friends of Brockwell Park and invites anyone who is interested to join him on Friday 19th February 2016, close to the Cressingham Gardens entrance to the park.

"Sam will be running two tree planting sessions, one from 11.00am to 12.00am and one from 1.00pm to 2.00pm. No experience is necessary and all tools will be provided."

They also have a web page on the Great North Wood at http://www.wildlondon.org.uk/great-north-wood.