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Merton to receive 207 new Trees

Mayor Boris Johnson's Tree planting scheme gives Merton residents 207 new street trees. 

Boris comments "Trees are wonderful additions to our communities helping to make neighbourhoods more pleasant. I am thrilled with the success of this programme in planting these trees in the areas that will benefit most."

This is the second wave of tree planting and adds up to some 4000 new trees accross London.  London is a very green city compared to other world cities, two-thirds of the capital's land area is green spaces and water and the Mayor's street tree and parks programmes are helping to make London greener still, which benefits both Londoners' quality of life as well as helping tackle issues such as climate change.

The Mayor's street tree programme is managed by the Forestry Commission and is an expansion of their existing London Tree and Woodland Grant Scheme. The Forestry Commission is working in partnership with the environmental charity Groundwork London to manage the scheme.  Detailed guidance on how to bid for funding for street trees is available from www.ltwgs.org The third phase of funding will start in April 2010.

The Mayor's trees programme is being funded by efficiency measures which includes significant cost savings by the scrapping of the Londoner, a newspaper distributed to three million homes across Greater London.

26th October 2009