LTOA trees, water and drought seminar - Friday 19 July 2013

Agenda

9.30am Tea and coffee

10.00am Welcome by Becky Porter with an LTOA update

10.10am A word from our sponsors Gristwood and Toms

10.20am John Tucker, The Woodland Trust, The role of trees and woodland in managing urban water quality and quantity

10.55am Owen Davies, Sustainability Engineer, London Borough of Lambeth, The role of SUDs and trees in water management

11.30am Cay- Joachim Crasemann, Craseman Landscape Architecture, A case study on Percival Triangle, Islington with water sustainable urban design

12.05pm LTOA drought working party’s launch of the LTOA Sustainable Water Management – Trese are part of the solution document.

12.20pm Dean Bowie, Greenleaf, Soil Cells - 10 years of Progress

12.40pm Questions

1.00pm Lunch local pub Ganleys sponsored by Gristwood and Toms

New LTOA guidance 'Sustainable Water Management: Trees are part of the solution'

In Spring 2012 London and the south east of England were officially declared to be in drought conditions. Just as our trees were coming into leaf, water suppliers imposed heavy restrictions which affected how and when newly-planted specimens could be watered.

The London Tree Officers Association (LTOA) feels that the current attitude toward trees in time of drought urgently needs to be challenged and revised.

Rather than contributing to the problems associated with water management, trees are part of the solution.

Click here to download the "Sustainable Water Management: Trees are part of the solution" guidance (PDF)

Fund4Trees now a Registered Charity

Fund4Trees (F4T) is pleased to announce that it is now a registered Charity (http://fund4trees.org.uk/). It will provide an over-arching structure to deliver a range of different charitable initiatives. One such example is the already established Ride for Research (see below).

F4T’s charitable objectives are to:

• Promote for the benefit of the public the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment by promoting sustainable treescapes.
• Advance the education of the public in the conservation, protection and improvement of trees in the physical and natural environment.
• Advance research for the public benefit in all aspects of trees and to publish useful results.

Though a newly formed charity, F4T has held four Ride for Research rides since 2011. The next ride is in London (start & finish at Kew Gardens) on October 23^rd. To register on-line, visit the 2013 Ride for Research page on the above homepage. Charitable donations are via ‘Just Giving’.

Research grants – including bursaries - will be awarded via an independent F4T Research Advisory Committee (RAC), chaired by Dr Glynn Percival. This will vet all bids* to ensure that (a) these are based on sound science and the F4T charitable objectives and (b) the findings will be appropriately disseminated to the tree care industry.

The F4T trustees are Russell Ball, Mick Boddy, Martin Gammie and Gabriel Hemery. RAC members include: Jeremy Barrell, Roland Ennos, Gabriel Hemery, Jon Heuch, David Lonsdale and Les Round.

* Closing dates are 1^st June and 1^st November. Email grant & bursary bids to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Fund4Trees London Event - 23rd October

Fund4Trees are holding an event on 23rd of October in London.

To find out more, click here to download the flyer or visit www.fund4trees.org.uk