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
Tags for Forum Posts: christmas trees, frobisher stump, street art, trees
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Permalink Reply by ant on
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I tried a plastic pot but with a good yank it breaks off at the bottom so thats no good, guess its how the original chrysanthemums went. So something stronger than a plastic flower pot and less breakable than a pottery one. Hmm.
For now some guerilla advertising with a mini lantern under a seed sprouter:
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Permalink Reply by matthew cuthbert on
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It's become our fourth plinth, but I'm confident a bust of Margaret Thatcher wont appear here, you've managed to lighten our souls with your tenacity. Ace!!
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Permalink Reply by hob on
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Magic !!!!! You should put the picture in reply to original post so it will show up on last page and easier to find.
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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Fantastic! I admire your perseverance.
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The Frobisher tree stump is currently bare, anyone have anything to exhibit?
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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Ant, through my interest in the current rash of "Art is Trash" works appearing in the neighbourhood, yesterday I was connected through Twitter to a guy with an interest in street art. I noticed the following picture from Notting Hill on his Twitter stream and immediately thought of you.
Picture: @philiblack
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.......following this last post, I've given the Frobisher Stump its own thread.
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Permalink Reply by CatC on
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I'm almost scared to put my head above the parapet here, but here goes:
I'm actually glad that the tree near my house has gone. It was coming up through the pavement and getting very difficult to navigate with a pushchair. I was starting to dread the winter as the area around the tree would be very hard to clear of snow and I could see myself slipping and tripping over uneven paving and roots. Presumably plenty of older people would also find the going treacherous. I've yet to see if the council will come back and do something about the old roots, but if they get removed and the pavement gets resurfaced then the whole procedure has been a success and a good decision in my view.
I like plants, trees, blossom, nature and have plans to plant trees in my garden, so I'm not anti-tree. I'd be very happy to live near a street-tree that had been planted so that it didn't create a hazard for those of us who find it slightly more awkward than some to get along the street.
Braced for incoming...
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