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August 2022: Heat and drought
The skies are blue and the sun is shining, but it’s been a harsh spring and summer for our street trees. As we write, the Met Office is...
July 2022: The matchless medlar
The first week of July saw the council’s contractors still out planting trees that should have been in place by the end March. Now, in...
June 2022: Which birch is which?
After an unpredictable May the hot weather finally arrived in mid-June. This is a dangerous time of year for our youngest trees,...
May 2022: The seasons change
The seasons are changing from late spring to early summer, and even though the weather is still pretty erratic the temperature is...
April 2022: Colour returns to SE24
After a stormy winter, early spring in Herne Hill brought perfect growing weather. In the last two weeks of March our young trees had...
March 2022: Lost cherry plums
Spring seems to have arrived in earnest in the first week of March, with longer days, bluer skies, temperatures in double figures and the...