Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Bye bye blossom as mass tree culling planned for Ladder
Following the last tree removal programme in the Ladder in 2008, Haringey Council have issued information about a new tree cull programme. 46 trees in total are due for the chop. Last time round Hewitt Road lost one of its two remaining cherry trees. This time they're back for the very last. Other roads will share similar fates.
Apparently the trees are either dead, diseased or have "outgrown their locations". But, worryingly, this time there's currently no statement about whether replacements will be planted. I'm awaiting a return of call from the officer responsible with an update on the situation.
Sadly, even when we get replacemeents, they tend to be more ornamental style trees. Here's what the Trees for Cities organisation has to say about that practice:
As the population of London continues to rise, space for people and trees is becoming increasingly difficult to find. Tree planting trends in recent years have shifted to smaller, shorter lived ornamental species. Whilst these trees still play a vital role in improving the city's environment, they are unable to provide the maximum benefits in climate regulation, air filtration and habitat that larger canopy trees provide. In addition the benefits of tree planting are at their highest when the trees reach maturity and so the longer a tree lives the more it has to contribute.
Below are the trees we're about to lose:
Allison Road
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Hewitt Road
Lothair Road North
Mattison Road
Pemberton Road
Raleigh Road
Seymour Road
Sydney Road
Tancred Road
Warham road
Woollaston Road
Wightman Road
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All enquiries to:
Clare Pappalardo, Senior Arboricultural & Allotments Officer, London Borough of Haringey, 020 8489 5774, clare.pappalardo@haringey.gov.uk
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Permalink Reply by tulips on
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What a shame! The more trees we have in this area the better. When I've queried it in the past, the council always claim it's due to disease. I just hope they replace them. A few years ago, we were desperate for some more trees in our road, in places where there had never been trees planted. The council had no budget at the time, but they did say they would plant two new trees if we paid for them. So we paid, and they planted two lovely hawthorn trees. However, they have been good at replacing trees in the past, provided people remind them. Also sometimes they'll give extra funding for trees under the Making a Difference fund or whatever it's called.
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Permalink Reply by matt on
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£250 ea I think. The MtD fund has been scrapped or will be I hear, under the current cuts fascist regime.
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We may have paid £100 back then, but I can't remember really as it was a few years ago.
We managed to increase the trees in our road gradually over ten years - by badgering the council whenever they removed a tree to ask them to replace it. When the council had funding to plant new trees, we asked them to survey our road to identify where was suitable for planting trees. However, we haven't had to do this recently, so I guess policies change and budgets are cut.
I wish more people would plant hedges in their front gardens. It's lovely looking down a road and seeing lots of hedges and trees instead of lots of concrete.
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Permalink Reply by matthew cuthbert on
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I've got two silver birch that cost £7 ea
and will be available, some younger trees
can catch up once established.
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How much is a bag of Tarmac?
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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I've clearly been looking at the world through rose tinted glasses. Liz has just told me that none of the trees removed from Warham in 2008 were replaced - apparently that was most of the trees in the lower part of the road.
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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There a still a few tarmac'd spots where the so called dead trees are trying to get through on Warham. Rather sad really.
I understand that street trees have a limited life span so what about chop down one, plant two?
We are a couple of sados though. We give our silver birch a good taking to and tend its broken branches.
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'Dead' tree sprouting on lower Alison Rd through tarmac, has been since the last election.
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Permalink Reply by Alice Mezzo on
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Oh no! I was hoping for more trees on the ladder not fewer. Is there anything we can do, at least to try and get replacement trees planted in their place? When I see so many trees in Crouch End I wonder why we don't have more, esp along busy roads like Wightman road. Trees help remove the pollution, look beautiful and make me happy, especially the older trees/ trees that make blossom. I hope it isn't just cos it's cheaper to chop 'em down that they are removing them.
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Permalink Reply by Christopher Fowler on
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The truth is that the council is chopping down trees because of the home insurance companies. The term "outgrown their location" really means that the insurance companies are worried about claims for subsidence, and pressure the council to chop trees down. This has been going on for years. I don't believe this massive cull has anything to do with "disease" at all.
And for those wondering why this happens on the Ladder, and generally in the eastern part of the borough: it's because people here are generally poorer and less able to organise campaigns to protect street trees than those in, for example, Crouch End, Highgate, most of Hornsey, or Muswell Hill. Take a look at streets in the rich bits of the borough, and then look at those in the poorer bits (almost anywhere in Tottenham), and see how many trees there are, and how many new ones are being planted. The rich bits keep the trees, get new ones; the poor bits can go hang.
Come on Clare Pappalardo, own up - you know this is the truth.
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Permalink Reply by John D on
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You don't have to be rich to organise a campaign. You only need to care.
A tree outside our flats was removed ( it was said to be diseased, then, when this was challenged, it was " too close to the pedestrian crossing " )
It has been replaced, however, after pressure from our residents.
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