LTOA seminar 11 July 2019

Agenda

 9.30am            Tea and coffee

 10.00am           Welcome from Andy Tipping, LTOA Vice Chair along with a word from our sponsors Advanced Tree Services

 10.10am           Dr Mark Johnston, Independent scholar: arboriculture, landscape and urban forestry, “Street Trees in Britain: A History”

 10.55am           Questions

 11am                Brian Crane, Brian G Crane & Associates, “A case study showing the application of modern urban forestry principles and thinking in research leading to the preparation of an urban tree strategy”

 11.45am           Questions

 11.50am           Tea and coffee

 12.10pm           Professor Amir Alani, Dr Fabio Tosti, Dr Iraklis Giannakis, Professor Francesco Soldovieri, University of West London, “Recent advancements and development in the health monitoring and assessment of trees (tree trunks and tree roots and soil interaction)”

 12.55pm           Questions        

 1pm                 Lunch in local pub sponsored by Advanced Tree Services

 Thank you to Dale Mortimer, LB Ealing and Professor Amir Alani, The University of West London for hosting and for providing tea, coffee and biscuits. And thank you to Advanced Tree Services for sponsoring the lunch.

National Tree Officers Conference 6 November 2019 in Reading

The 2019 National Tree Officers Conference Programme is now live. We are looking forward to hearing from our International Speaker Gian Michele Cirulli , Urban Tree Manager from the City of Turin, Italy.

To look at the programme and book your ticket https://www.charteredforesters.org/event/national-tree-officers-conference-2019/

Fund4Trees & London Tree Officers Association Young Tree Maintenance(YTM) bike ride 17 July 2019

Urban tree benefits – notably for air quality across our Capital city – are becoming increasingly recognised. To secure these benefits, tree planting projects are well supported. In establishing trees, however, planting is only part of the story. As important is aftercare so trees can become independent and established in the landscape. All too frequently newly-planted trees are left drought-stressed, constricted by tree-ties and the victim of strimmer and mower damage. Consequently, their survival and long-term health can be at risk and hence their potential benefits may never be realised.       

Our YTM ride aims to celebrate and promote aftercare best-practice by visiting a community garden including a public park and cemetery. Via group-led workshop sessions with community groups and local school children riders will carry out watering, tree-pit mulching, de-staking and formative pruning. 

This approx. 12-14 mile bike ride will visit:

• Meath Gardens (Tower Hamlets) 2018 winner of the London Tree & Woodlands “Community TreeAward”. This garden was supported by a Greater London Authority Community Green Space Grant.
• Camberwell New Cemetery (Southwark).
• The public park London Fields (Hackney).

 All monies raised will go to the Fund4Trees five-year Research Strategy https://fund4trees.org.uk/research-strategy/

For ride information and sponsorship details please contact

Russell Ball

Mobile: 0788 44 26671 

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LTOA Mental Health in the work place workshop

March saw the LTOA run their first Mental Health in the work place workshop. The workshop was facilitated by Nicola Hainey, Professional Performance Coach and attended by 20 participants.

For such a serious topic the workshop was fun, laid back covered things such as stress management, time management, work/life balance, effective communication (particularly with challenging residents). It never felt intimidating or uncomfortable  It certainly did not start with a round the room with a my names “Richard I suffer from stress” or saying what is the cause of stress in your life.

Whilst a 3 hour workshop will not cure stress overnight it certainly gave people tools to take a way and it made you think.

For me the take home point was eating the frog, (I’m sure there is a vegan equivalent). Mark Twain said “Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.” So I now try and do the job that I really don’t want to do first so I can stop worrying about it for the rest of the day.

I also now view e mails as just another task and not something that I constantly need to be monitoring. I’m sure others who attended took home their own messages.

I do hope the LTOA run another workshop because I’m sure it would be of benefit.

Richard Edwards, Croydon