Celebrate the 1000th tree being planted along the streets of Marylebone and Fitzrovia. Continue reading
The W1W Tree Planting Initiative (Westminster Tree Trust) has supported the greening of our neighbourhood since 2009. And over the last few years we advocated for even more trees to be planted here in the context of the Marylebone Low Emission … Continue reading
The objective of the W1W Tree Planting Initiative is to line the main streets of Marylebone and Fitzrovia with the right trees in the right places Continue reading
By Rosemary Forgan Imagine walking through a beautiful forest of trees, offering extraordinary diversity – from pear to birch, from amelanchier to olives. It would take a while because there are over 600 trees to enjoy – considerably more than … Continue reading
Another Marylebone Tree Planting phase was completed successfully today on Beaumont Street. Lord Glenarthur, Chairman, dug in a tree and unveiled a plaque thanking the Consultants at King Edward VII’s Hospital for sponsoring the 5 Amelanchier trees recently planted outside … Continue reading
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Here is a short list of publications that provide helpful reading for those that want to know more about planting trees in cities. We hope these motivate you to increase the number of trees in your neighbourhood. You may download a … Continue reading
“He is more used to war zones than green zones, but BBC’s John Simpson CBE did his bit for the ‘greening of Marylebone’ when he shovelled soil to plant the 500th tree outside BBC Broadcasting House as part of a … Continue reading
11 June 2012 – Giorgio Locatelli planted an elm tree outside his eponymous restaurant on Seymour Street (by Portman Square) in celebration of the 119 new trees being planted in West Marylebone early 2012. The planting took place in the … Continue reading
Ambitions to plant more trees in East Marylebone received a big boost recently with the news that we received a grant of £10,000 from The Big Tree Plant Campaign. These monies supplements a £25,000 S106 contribution for trees that will … Continue reading
The W1W Tree Planting Initiative has been in contact with Transport for London (TfL) seeking to mitigate the environmental impact of traffic of the Marylebone Road and Euston Roads on our neighbouring area. The Initiative has been working to implement … Continue reading
On Friday 21st October, Ambassador Nicola Clase took part in a tree planting ceremony outside the Swedish Residence to mark the Embassy’s sponsorship of a tree through the Westminster Tree Trust, a charity dedicated to improving the environment in Westminster … Continue reading
The Initiative has made a proposal to Westminster City Council to plant seventy trees on nine Marylebone Streets during 2011-2012. The resulting tree lines will complete our work on the Central Marylebone Green Grid. Fund raising from the local community … Continue reading
Vote for us to get a NatWest CommunityForce award of up to £6,000 to further our tree work in the Marylebone and Fitzrovia area. Our target is to plant 500 new trees here by end 2012. Vote for us here: http://communityforce.natwest.com/project/1351 Over … Continue reading
We are so pleased that Portly Panda of the Portland Hospital helped us plant our trees on Great Portland Street. Together with children from All Souls School the final trees were added to the north end of this historic street … Continue reading
The rain clouds left abruptly as we came to conclude our work towards greening in Devonshire Street in Marylebone today. It was a real pleasure to have Kulveer Ranger (Mayor of London Boris Johnson’s Director of Environment and Digital London), Pam Warhurst (Chair of … Continue reading
We were most fortunate in having Professor Lord Winston, the eminent scientist and broadcaster, to plant the last of 49 chanticleer pear trees on New Cavendish Street today. In celebration of the event, The Lord Mayor of Westminster, Councillor Susie Burbridge, also unveiled a … Continue reading
In June 2011, inspired by the forest of trees being planted on the eastern side of Marylebone High Street, a group of us decided to form the West Marylebone Tree Initiative. Our aim is to encourage tree planting to the … Continue reading
The 2010-2011 planting objectives for Devonshire (phase 5) and New Cavendish Streets (phase 6) have now been successfully delivered. 52 and 49 new pear trees now line Devonshire Street and New Cavendish Street respectively. The planting process, though slightly delayed due to … Continue reading
There has been further progress on Great Portland Street in the last few months with the planting of an additional 17 trees along its length. Furthermore, a further section of the street was also repaved at the north end of … Continue reading
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We are delighted to announce that Devonshire Street and New Cavendish Streets will be included in the Initiative’s programme for street tree planting in Marylebone. Fund raising for this endeavour will begin immediately with the intention that the trees for … Continue reading
This update is on behalf of the W1W Tree Planting Initiative whose goal has been to plant street trees along the streets of North East Marylebone. Many living and working in this area have wondered why so few trees line … Continue reading
The W1W Tree Planting Initiative’s aim is to line the main streets of Marylebone and Fitzrovia with trees. The scheme has now added over 280 new trees to seven Marylebone streets in the last couple of years. Please give generously — every penny will … Continue reading
The Initiative and its supporters has been delighted to receive favourable press coverage regarding our urban tree planting campaign. A selection of articles about our work follows below: A selection of video shorts on our activities is shown below:
We are delighted to announce that Bolsover Street and a few of its adjoining streets will now be included as Phase IV of the W1W Street Tree Initiative. The news was announced at the ‘open house’ held by the new … Continue reading
Marylebone, 25 November 2009 The first batch of trees pledged by the local residential and business community has now been planted in Great Portland Street. This coincided with the launch of the UK’s 35th National Tree Week and a celebratory … Continue reading
Monday 21 September 2009 The launch of the Great Portland Street Stage of the W1W Street Tree Initiative was a big success – with over 50 guests from all sections of the local community participating at the event. As a result … Continue reading
Phase 3 of W1W Street Tree Initiative Westminster Council has begun repaving sections of Great Portland Street. A request to widen the pavement between Devonshire St and Weymouth St has been favourably received by WCC’s Department of Transportation. Subject to … Continue reading
Phase 2 of the W1W Street Tree Initiative is now underway A grant application has been now been submitted by the Westminster Tree Trust to the Greater London Authority for the planting of fifty trees down the length of Weymouth … Continue reading
Marylebone, 5 June 2009 — Phase 1 of the W1W Street Tree Initiative Completed Local residents recently celebrated the completion of the first phase of the W1W Tree Planting Initiative with the planting of forty chanticleer pear trees. The trees now … Continue reading
Marylebone, 5 June 2009 View Full Album Photography of the event was also completed by Paul Winch-Furnes see site reference: http://www.paulwf.co.uk/
Deputy Lord Mayor, Councillors, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome and thank you very much indeed for coming. As we look down Hallam Street, a vast transformation in the street scene can be seen from what it was only a few weeks … Continue reading
Hallam Street before and after the young trees arrive On Friday, 5th June at 12.30 p.m., Matthew Wright, TV presenter, of FIVE.TV, will plant a Chanticleer pear tree in Hallam Street, London W1, following which a plaque is to be … Continue reading
Project wins multiple Re:Leaf Awards at City Hall
Fitzrovia is a Forest Tree Walk - click and see
Professor Winston talks about capturing Marylebone carbon
W1W Tree Planting News
500 trees help establish a Central London Green Grid
Barbara Windsor completes Weymouth Street planting
See how we have been busy
Successful application for Fitzrovia Forest grant
Support our aim make our neighbourhood even better
Alan Titchmarsh Digs Bolsover Street's new Elm Trees
Marylebone's trees contribute to London's Central Green Grid
Project starts to green Gloucester Place and Crawford Street
£6,000 tree money possible
Our 600th Tree Now Planted in London's West End
See the project's policy and project motivation documents
Mathew Wright completes tree planting on Hallam Street
Help Fix It With More TREES On Tributary Streets
Street Trees – for projects that improve the street scene and are valued by locals
50 Elms Planted in Marylebone
Marylebone and Fitzrovia's W1W Street Tree Planting Initiative 
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