Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

New trees snapped in two on Falkland Rd

This piece of utterly pointless and spiteful vandalism seems to have happened on Friday evening - anyone hear anything?

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Permalink Reply by Gordon T on February 28, 2015 at 10:55

Possibly [LINK}: this. Nick G-T, the second poster in that link, is the local knowledgeable tree man, I think, so he may well be alerting the council.

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Permalink Reply by pamish on February 28, 2015 at 12:56

If that's recent and you can manage to get it back upright and give lots of water it may survive. The council tree people can act quickly in such a situation. I claim credit for saving one of our new trees that was blown to 45degrees, roots in the air, in last (?) year's storm, did a quick re-stake and the council finished the job in a week. It's now recovered and is fine.

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Permalink Reply by adamvietnam on February 28, 2015 at 14:54

4 snapped between Green lanes and the school

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Permalink Reply by Nick G-T on February 28, 2015 at 15:07

Yes, I mentioned this last night. Whilst leafleting for the play street tomorrow (see here) at around 7.30pm all was quiet. I then went down to Green Lanes just before 8pm and by the time I returned noticed two trees snapped in half. There were two drunk teenage couples falling over themselves in the street, but I cannot say whether they were involved. My near neighbour reported this to the police.

This morning I watched from my front window as another vandalised tree was being removed by the street sweeper. I later noticed a fourth.

This vandalism is particularly hard to swallow as I had been requesting the council for some time to have additional trees planted in the street. If anyone saw anything, please could they report it to the police. I have emailed the head of parks at the council.