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March 2023: Colour makes a comeback
Springtime is finally here. The temperature is slowly rising, blue skies are cautiously returning and the sun is getting just strong...
November 2022: Autumn postcards
Just a few days ago we experienced the warmest Armistice Day (November 11) ever, a troubling portent of what lies ahead. “The past eight...
October 2022: Red is the colour
Autumn is well and truly underway, and with the clocks changing in a week’s time winter seems just around the corner. We’ve already got...
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...
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...
November 2021: Future-proofing
You may have noticed a lot of new trees appearing on the slopes of Herne Hill this month - not just on the Southwark side but over the...
September 2021: Planting plans
Autumn has arrived on our doorsteps a couple of weeks early, hastened by the cold, sunny spring and the wet summer. The liquidambars...
August 2021: How trees are named
The past couple of weeks have really brought home the power and immediacy of global heating. We've seen torrential rainfall here,...
November 2020: The liquidambars
We’ve had a superb autumn show on the streets of Herne Hill, and while the heavy rain and strong winds of late October have stripped away...