Celebrate the 1000th tree being planted along the streets of Marylebone and Fitzrovia. 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
. The W1W Street Tree Initiative supports the aim of the Ulmus Londinium Project to return elm trees to London. A great many elm trees were lost in the 1970s to Dutch Elm Disease. The Ulmus Londonium Project has sought … 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
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
The southern side of Fitzrovia has had very little street improvement for many years. While the ORB project (Oxford Street, Regents Street and Bond Street) is improving almost all the other areas off Oxford Street, there are no public improvement … 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
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Here are a few examples of the streets greened so far in Marylebone. These before and after photographs show how the new trees are bringing with them the first signs of change on our roads. Two hundred and eighty trees … 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
We have been delighted that numerous local schools have participated in our project by helping spread the word and raising contributions from the community. The school children have also helped us plant our ceremonial trees and a number 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
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
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
The idea for the W1W Tree planting initiative was conceived late in 2008 after we received a lot of encouragement from the local community. Subsequently, the Initiative received a very strong vote of support at the Annual General Meeting of … 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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