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  

Outside 34

   Beresford Road  

Between 78/80 
Near 1 
Outside 131

   Burgoyne Road  

Between 23/25

 Cavendish Road  

Outside 61  
Outside 62 
Between 32/34 
Between 53/55 
Between 82/84

 Coningsby Road  

Near 7

 Duckett Road  

O/S 42

 Effingham Road  

Outside 7 
Between 69/71

 Falkland Road  

Outside 58 
Between 77/79 
Outside 74 
Between 108/110 
Between 100/102

   Frobisher Road  

Opposite 37 
Side of the Greek church 
Opposite 84 
Outside 52 
Between 86/88

 Green Lanes  

Outside 391

 Hampden Road  

Outside 5  
Outside the church  
nr the social services building

 Hewitt Road  

Outside 74

 Lausanne Road  

O/S 65

  Lothair Road North  

Outside 77  
O/S 103  
Opposite 99

 Mattison Road    

O/S 42

   Pemberton Road  

Outside 34

  Raleigh Road  

Outside 3

 Seymour Road 

Outside 52
Outside 10

 Sydney Road  

Outside 64 
O/S 38

 Tancred Road  

Side of 34 Endymion Road

 Warham road  

BT 27/29

 Woollaston Road  

Between 3/5

 Wightman Road  

Outside 258  
Outside 293  
Outside 140

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 Hugh on September 20, 2012 at 13:38

I would follow the group Chris, but it's been set up as a personal profile rater than a page so we can't "like" you, I'm afraid. (Don't let Facebook find out. They'll nuke you. You can convert a personal profile to a page if you want to,)

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Permalink Reply by Chris Setz on September 20, 2012 at 14:17

Doh! Thanks Hugh, fixed that - please try again if you have time.

Two minutes later: That was quick! Thanks again Hugh for the 'Like' - it really helps.

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Permalink Reply by Hugh on September 21, 2012 at 9:46

Love this response by Ant to having a tree in his street cut down:

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Permalink Reply by ant on September 30, 2012 at 9:15

Sigh.

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Permalink Reply by Charlotte on September 30, 2012 at 9:43

Has the potplant only gone now? If so that is really amasing! Reminds me of a man I met outside Sainsbury. He had loaded his bike with all his shopping and then nipped in to M&S. I said to him I thought he was really brave. He said that people weren't that bad. Maybe, more like that the litefingered people happened to be elsewhere or assumed he was nearby.