Tree Planting and Planters- £15,000

Green Street is presently severely lacking in trees and green living infrastructure.

 This project aims to bring much needed greenery to Green Street by planting trees and the placement of planters with attractive wildflower planting arrangements along our busy high street.

 The benefits are:

 ·        Improved air quality by adsorbing pollutants, intercepting harmful particulates from smoke, pollen and dust and releasing oxygen through photosynthesis, thus reducing the incidence of diseases exacerbated by air borne pollutants.

·        Just looking at trees has been proven to lower a person’s blood pressure, reducing stress and promoting community wellbeing.

·        Lower temperatures by providing shade for buildings and people and transpiration cooling (trees release water into the atmosphere) during increasing extreme heat events.

·        Reducing the impact of climate change, by drawing down carbon into the soil.

·        The more areas of land covered by concrete, tarmac and paving slabs the greater the risk of surface flooding. With a changing climate, modest garden sizes and little grass outside of the borough’s parks, trees help to reduce this risk, carrying water down into the soil.

·        Increasing biodiversity, plus help for dangerously dwindling pollinator and beneficial insect numbers, critical to a sustainable food system.

·        Bringing nature and physical enhancements to a much-loved neighbourhood.