Imagine a colourful shade across your Wirral

Imagine streets full of trees -then imagine the variety of shapes,forms and interesting colour that this brings to your life around the year.

Next Autumn and beyond imaging the colour this brings to your life.

Here's just a selection of the array of colours available through tree planting.

Green Streets - Choose Your Shade!

Trees & Greenery Absorb Those Dangerous Particulates!

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120718143913.htm#%2EUAkUE4D1D3s%2Eemail

How can we measure income inequality? Count the trees

http://colorlines.com/archives/2012/06/income_inequality_defined_by_number_of_trees.html

Some plans of street tree planting

Here are the first year planting plans to be implemented over the winter period of 2013.

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WESTERN APPROACHES

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WIRRAL MET TO WOODSIDE

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DUKE STREET

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EAST WEST CONNECTION
Connaught Estate to be included in future plans

& previously from June 2012....

Here's a first draft of plans for new planting in Bidston Wirral! 

All plantings will be subject to partner, funder, residential and business consultation over the summer of 2012!

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Green Streets and Wirral Water Cabinet Approval

Following tonight's Cabinet meeting of Wirral Council the proposal that Wirral Council takes on the future maintenance, and adopts the proposed 600 or so street and green space trees; approval has been given to the plant  the first 170 or more trees this year before March 2013.


More trees will follow in the subsequent two years.

Areas targeted at present are Hoylake Rd, Duke Street and environs, Gaultby Rd, and parts of Ilchester Park along Stanley Rd.


Plans of the proposals, together with before and after mock ups of the target areas can be seen at The Town Hall, Wallasey till Monday afternoon 23rd July 2012.


Following this plans will be available at either the St James Centre off Laird St or in Illchester Park on Stanley Rd on Wednesdays for the next three weeks from Wednesday 27th 2-4 p.m.


For more info e mail ben@merseyforest.org.uk or ring
01925 816 217.


Available soon on this blog!!! Watch this space.

Your views on the proposals to plant 600 street and greenspace trees in Wirral

'Following this article in the Wirral Globe you said:




'I really hope this project comes off for the next generation'! ....




With more 20-22 year olds moving into Wirral the 


future is with them and their children




'Agree we need to green the grot surrounding the docks..'




This planting will lead investors into the docks 


area.In time investment will help pay for the 


transport and green infrastructure that is essential 


to a prosperous working environment




'the trees will have had a good chance to grow by the time 


something gets built on Wirral waters'....




We agree, but change can happen faster than you 


think, this project is three years long.The main 


Wirral Waters site is a 30-40 year project but already


 plans are afoot!!




'Why is someone going to spend all this money, in a recession'....




We think that spending money on the right things in 


a recession helps set the scene for future investment 


where jobs and a healthier living space is essential to 


a more stable place to live and work!


Trees promote well being by encouraging people to


 get out and about and to think about walking to 


their local shops and amenities instead of taking the 


car or bus.


You need connection to your natural environment to 


get a sense of the seasons and the colour that this 


brings and sense of hope that this fosters is 


extremely valuable!




In Liverpool a housing provider was going to 


demolish houses, but didn't after investment in the 


local green environment.The net result was secured 


tenancy, healthier residents and a net saving of 100s 


of thousands of pounds.Not just in housing costs but 


in the cost of supporting residents into the future.




'How can they spend £1,000,000 on trees now to show that 


they are green'? 




Fortunately the Council is not having to spend a 


penny on the tree planting.It just needs to take on 


the future maintenance


 of the trees.




'I do like street trees and the improvements that they bring to


 a street - just compare the feel of some of the streets in 


Bebington that still have (most) of their trees - e.g. Prince's 


Drive to those where they have been lost e.g. Alexandra 


Drive'.....




Green Streets uses imaging software to show how a 


street looks with trees and without.A tree lined 


street adds about 5% to the property value of it's 


housing stock.




'yes I am pleasantly surprised by this'.....




We hope you will continue to be and will try our best 


to improve your local environment.

Here are some extracts from a local Wirral forum on amongst other topics Ilchester Square in Bidston.


http://www.wikiwirral.co.uk/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=170877


There seem to be some interesting views and some old and current photos of the now open park space.
Should houses be built on the space and how would you like the space to be in the future?


How should houses be in relation to the park - facing, backing on.Would this help the park, having people looking into it?


Let me know by contacting me at The Mersey Forest ben@merseyforest.org.uk 01925816217

Images of Approaches to Wirral Waters

Wallasey Bridge Road south of the ITC site towards

Bidston North railway station
Wallasey Bridge Rd as it might look with pathways and

green infrastructure elements

Looking east along Beaufort Rd towards Bidston Moss and

the site of the proposed ITC. There is the potential to run

trams along the existing railway lines seen here.

Beaufort Rd as it might look with trees and pathways.

Looking from Ilchester Park to Bidston North railway

station

Looking from Ilchester Park to Bidston North railway

station as it might look with green infrastructure.

Illchester Park south of the intended International Trade

Centre as it looks now

Illchester Park as it might look with pathways,trees and

wildflower plantings

How Hoylake Road looks now

How Hoylake Road might look with trees planted

What is Wirral Waters Green Streets

Following the approval of outline planning permission for the forthcoming Wirral Waters developments in the Wirral Merseyside the Green Streets project aims to create tree lined green ways to the Wirral Waters developments.The project represents a £1.4m investment in the Green Infrastructure of the Wirral funded through The Forestry Commissions Setting The Scene For Growth programme for 2012-2015.