The Council and its partners are looking at many ways of dealing with the effects of Climate Change and making the borough more resilient to its effects.
Planting Trees is one way of trying to reduce the carbon in the atmosphere.
Trees not only define our park landscape but also make our greenspaces more resilient to the effects of Climate Change, thus making Hounslow a healthier environment to live in.
Trees also provide increased food sources for insects, birds and mammals and humans; connectivity between the borough’s greenspaces; diversity within the boroughs tree species; improved landscapes & active land management; shade & cooling; and enjoyment of the natural world for residents and visitors.
Click any park to see what will be planted this planting season, and what has been planted in recent seasons.
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Check out our Tree of the Month. Create your own tree-lined walk! Let your friends know.
And they're off! Autumn is here and there's plenty of colour starting to show which, by the end of the month, will be at its height.
One of the first trees to turn is this rather overlooked maple. It's Freeman's Maple, Acer x freemanii, a hybrid between two North American species, Red maple (Acer rubrum) and Silver maple (Acer saccharinum). Most are the cultivar 'Autumn Blaze' which has predictably red autumnal hues, and October is their best month. The rest of the year you might be hard pressed to recognise one, their leaves are midway between their parents and look rather like a small sycamore, but they do go in for a splash of red in the spring too when their flowers appear in March before the leaves.
Do you know that you can adopt a tree near you for free?
