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Greening the Gateway Kent & Medway Urban Forestry Project

Joanne Smith Cluster Study Officer. Greening the Gateway Kent & Medway Urban Forestry Project. Why we need street trees. Reduce pollution / Improve air quality Improve wellbeing / health / community spirit Create sense of place Reduce traffic noise / wind speed

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Greening the Gateway Kent & Medway Urban Forestry Project

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  1. Joanne Smith Cluster Study Officer Greening the Gateway Kent & Medway Urban Forestry Project

  2. Why we need street trees • Reduce pollution / Improve air quality • Improve wellbeing / health / community spirit • Create sense of place • Reduce traffic noise / wind speed • Mitigate temperature extremes (urban heat island effect) • Reduce heating / cooling costs • Increase biodiversity • Reduce effects of flash floods • Increase property values • Biomass

  3. The hard facts… • ‘Chainsaw Massacre’ London Assembly report, 2007 • Trees in Towns II, CLG, 2008- ‘Lollipop Landscape’ - Rapid decline in tree-planting since 1980s- LA tree programmes ‘vital for greener, cleaner, safer, sustainable towns’

  4. Issues • Funding / budget cuts • Long- and short-term maintenance • Knowledge: right tree, right place • Champions

  5. Where? • Urban streets • Lower grade agricultural land • Urban fringe – buffering agricultural land • Gapping up / linking fragmented woodlands • New developments • Retrofitting street trees

  6. Trees in towns and cities • Amsterdam tree soil • Trained trees • Root shields • Genetically modified? • Create more space during redevelopment • Plant blocks of trees • Private sector: USP • Services – move to middle or side

  7. Woodland Trust MoreWOODS scheme: • Min. 1ha (2.5acres). 1,000 trees per hectare. Can comprise number of smaller areas • WT advise on species, planting and maintenance • Applicants must make a contribution – either financial or by planting the trees • Can complement FC English Woodland Grant Scheme

  8. Hedge and copse packs • Aimed at schools, 30 trees plus instructions, £40 per box • Community packs • 100 trees, instructions, £150 per box • Acre in a box • 420 trees (could be fruit), includes community event, £1.50 to £6.50 per tree

  9. Forestry Commission English Woodland Creation Grant • Up to £1,800 per ha • New woodland near where people live • Public access, recreation • For wildlife, or as buffer to existing woodland • To enhance the landscape • Restoring former industrial land • 0.25ha minimum

  10. Also: • Woodland Planning Grant • Woodland Assessment Grant • Woodland Regeneration Grant • Woodland Improvement Grant • Woodland Management Grant

  11. Further information: www.gtgkm.org.uk

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