Tag: Trees

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Community, Feature, Interviews and Analysis, news, Petition

Last Minute Race to Save the Baltic Wharf Trees

Campaigners face a last minute scramble to safeguard 74 mature trees on Baltic Wharf, land on which Bristol City Council plans to build luxury flats.  Community group Save Baltic Wharf Trees have a deadline of Wednesday (December 22) to gather 3,500 signatures on their petition, which they say is not only about the trees, but is about council decision-making and ‘the future of Bristol.’  We … Continue reading Last Minute Race to Save the Baltic Wharf Trees

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news, Top Story

Tree Protectors Victorious After Council Drops Tree-Felling Plans

Campaigners in Ashley Down are celebrating after Bristol City Council U-turns over the decision to fell a 120-year old Holm Oak tree on Ashley Down Road.  The Council ordered the felling after the insurers of a nearby house reported that the tree’s roots were causing subsidence of the building’s foundations.  However, in a video released on Facebook today (May 12th), Mayor Marvin Rees said that … Continue reading Tree Protectors Victorious After Council Drops Tree-Felling Plans

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Lobbying, news, Petition

Tree Campaigners Demand Truth from Bristol City Council

Tree campaign group Save the Ashley Down Oak (STADO) are calling on Bristol City Council to tell the truth about the proposed felling of the 100 year old holm oak on Ashley Down road.  In a letter to Afzal Shah dated April 13th, STADO request the release of key evidence supporting the claim that the oak is causing subsidence to a nearby house.  STADO was … Continue reading Tree Campaigners Demand Truth from Bristol City Council

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Feature, Interviews and Analysis, Trees

A Tree Climber’s Guide to the End of the World

Climbing trees. For many this is a childhood memory more than a present-day concern. And yet, for some, climbing trees is a life-long pursuit that offers an insight into the complexities of the human condition.  This, at least, is what I found when I accompanied a group of climbers young and old on International Tree Climbing Day 2021 at Ashton Court.  Tree climbing connects us … Continue reading A Tree Climber’s Guide to the End of the World

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Community, news, Occupation, Top Story

Breaking: Last M32 Maple Felled

The last remaining Norway maple tree on Lower Ashley Road, one of five such trees known as the M32 Maples for their proximity to the M32 motorway, has been felled this morning, Monday 1st March.  According to a source, an individual, thought to be a rogue builder, arrived at the tree at midnight on the 28th of February and removed the defences put up by … Continue reading Breaking: Last M32 Maple Felled

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