It'snow fun as green space planting gets under way!

Young people from the Princes Trust braved wintery conditions at Birkenhead Park's Boothby Ground to plant small woodland trees to help soak up some of the water on a wet area of the park.
Find out more about the project of make a group request on our Wirral Tree Planting Project page on facebook here: 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/WirralTreeGrowingProject/.

Reducing the cost of maintenance in parks is definately a bonus as budgets are tight this coming year.Making a habitat for wildlife will help small birds and mammals forage and feed.

Where are we working?

The Wirral Green Streets and Green Infrastructure project is working in the following area.This can loosely be defined as the areas of least trees and greatest deprivation around the watery area now known as Wirral Waters.

This area covers some of the Council wards of Birkenhead and Tranmere , Bidston and St James and Seacombe.

Between 2012 and 2015 we want to link local communities with the East and West Float areas with avenues of trees and a network of green spaces planting with a mixture of fruit ornamental and larger leaved trees where appropriate.


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Growing Project Goes Live

The Edward Kemp Gardens Wirral Tree Growing Project kicks off this Monday at the community garden on Ashville Rd next to Birkenhead Park.

The Prices Trust will be helping create a permenent tree growing site so that trees can be planted in the community creating more woodlands and copses for members of the public to enjoy.

If you want to get involved with growing trees on the Wirral then follow the project on this blog or contact The Mersey Forest on 01925 816 217 ben@merseyforest.org.uk

https://www.facebook.com/groups/WirralTreeGrowingProject/

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Local Sustainable Transport Fund Case Studies

Through Merseytravel The Mersey Forest is contributing over 8 kilometres of greened routes  in the Wirral to this  Department of Transport part funded project.

Read our Local Sustainable Transport Fund Case Studies of projects that The Mersey Forest has delivered in Knowsley and St Helens to help promote active modes of travel such as walking and cycling.

Wirral Council will be delivering sustainable walking and cycling routes that link new facilities such as the Bidston and Birkenhead North Park and Ride to Bidston and Birkenhead.The project aims to encourage residents to use low carbon forms of transport such as walking, cycling and joint bus travel to their local places of education, training or work.

Read more about The Mersey Forest's involvement in the project across Merseyside here.
See 'older posts' below for detailed plans of the proposed tree plantings.

Residents Turn Out To Endorse Planting Project

Braving a  winter's dark night residents from affected streets for the Wirral Green Streets street tree planting programme turned out on Tuesday to praise the project as plans were shown of the key streets affected by the programme.

Street tree planting will transform the routes into the borough from the west as the first trench of three years of spending.Aiming to plant around 600 trees and 9000 small woodland native trees in local green spaces.

 On Saturday 12th January residents turned out to see plans of the project.

Plans will be on show all this week next week till the afternoon of the 18th January at  Birkenhead Park Visitors Centre to see a display of the programme.(see plans in blog posts below)

One Wirral resident has e mailed us to say 'this is a brilliant idea and i'm a supporter of trees being planted in these Wirral streets......I look forward to seeing the new planting and watching the trees grow'

The Approvals to Plant trees in the Wirral

Wirral Council approval for the planting can be viewed here:

http://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/documents/s50005306/Tree%20Planting%20and%20Green%20Infrastructure%20Report.pdf

http://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgIssueHistoryChronology.aspx?IId=50002710&Opt=2

Wirral Council's cabinet approved the tree planting and future maintenance of the street and green space trees in July 2012.

Trees will be established for 5 years with a  contractor for the project.

Drop in Events and Exhibition

See 'Older Posts' below for more information on this project.
Come along to our Exhibition and drop in consultations in January 2013!!

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