Emergency Chiswick Tree Adoption Scheme Launched


Abundance say newly planted trees at risk because of dry weather

Watering trees in Chiswick. Picture: Abundance

A scheme is being launched to persuade Chiswick residents to adopt a tree in the area to care for it during the current spell of dry weather

Local environmental charity Abundance London has started their Chiswick Tree Adoption Scheme as an emergency response to the situation. They say over the last few months 95 new trees have been planted around Chiswick.

However, because of the lack of rainfall and many of the trees were planted too late in the season some will not survive without extra care.

Karen Liebreich of Abundance London says, “We should all be aware of the importance of trees in fighting the effects of climate change and as pollution mitigators. Last year Hounslow, along with many other London Boroughs, declared a climate emergency and tree planting was declared an important plank of this strategy. In addition to their contractual obligations to replace dead or removed trees, Hounslow Highways stepped up and offered to plant an extra tree around the borough for each of their 140 members of staff.

“That’s the good news. A lovely selection of new trees, including hornbeams, liquidambar, tulip trees, sweetgum, field maples and whitebeam, has been planted.

“The bad news is that the planting took too many months and was only completed in mid-May, during a long spring drought that has so far lasted three months. This was the driest May since 1896, with only 10mm of rain, following on the sunniest April ever.

“In theory Hounslow Highways will water each tree. In practice, they will not get round the trees in time as there are simply too many planted out of season, it is too dry and of course there is a pandemic on so they have other stuff to do too.

“We can either wring our hands, blame ‘the council’ and watch the young trees die, or we can step up, roll up our sleeves and fill our watering cans. Abundance invites you to read this list, find the tree nearest your house and sign up to keep it alive.”

The instructions for watering trees are as follows. A new tree needs 2 bucketfuls of water (20 litres) every couple of days if it’s hot and sunny. In early autumn you can start to decrease and then stand down in late autumn. If there is a little plastic water channel to the roots, try and get the water into the hole. Pour slowly, imagine you are rain.

Karen says any amount of watering will help but a serious effort is required if the survival rate of tress is to be increased significantly.

You are asked to look at the list below, find your nearest tree, probably close to your home so you can access water, and contact Abundance. If more than one person adopts the same tree Abundance will put you in touch and you can share parental duties.

They will try and organise some kind of voucher/incentive scheme, but believe the best incentive for people to take part will be a live tree.

The list of trees is below. There is a form on this page through which you can volunteer to adopt a particular tree.

Ref No. Street Name Outside house no. Tree name
1 Alkerden Road *4-6 Rowan
2 Alkerden Road 10 Rowan
3 Bath Road 62 Portland House Rowan
4 Bolton Road 28-30 European hornbeam
5 Bolton Road 1, Church European hornbeam
6 Bolton Road 16 European hornbeam
7 Burlington Lane school, raised bed area Field maple
8 Chatsworth Road 3 Manchurian cherry
9 Chatsworth Road 1 Manchurian cherry
10 Chesterfield Road 32-32A Swedish Whitebeam
11 Chesterfield Road 2 European hornbeam
12 Chiswick High Rd 210, jct Windmill Rd London Plane
13 Chiswick High Rd *4-6 Cherry Umineko
14 Chiswick Mall Staithe House American sweetgum
15 Clarence road 1a Field maple
16 Cornwall Grove 19-21 European hornbeam
17 Cornwall Grove *3-5 Swedish Whitebeam
18 Cranbrook Road European hornbeam
19 Devonshire Gardens 6 on grass Rowan
20 Devonshire Gardens 6 tree pit American sweetgum
21 Duke Road 55 Rowan
22 Dukes Avenue 74 Small-leaved lime
23 Dukes Avenue 76-78 European hornbeam
24 Eastbury Grove 41 European hornbeam
25 Eastbury Grove 41 Swedish Whitebeam
26 Elmwood Road 25 Cherry Umineko
27 Ernest Gardens 5 Cherry Umineko
28 Fairfax Road *10-12 American sweetgum
29 Fairfax Road 33-35 Swedish Whitebeam
30 Flanders Road opp fire door Mulliner House -
31 Flanders Road opp fire door Mulliner House -
32 Flanders Road 54 Rowan
33 Foster Road 24-26 Swedish Whitebeam
34 Grove Park Gardens 9 Field maple
35 Grove Park Road opp 101 European hornbeam
36 Hadley Gardens *6-8 Cherry Umineko
37 Hadley Gardens Dec-14 American sweetgum
38 Harvard Road 26 European hornbeam
39 Homefield Road *4-6 European hornbeam
40 Homefield Road 6 Fastigiate oak
41 Homefield Road 14-16 European hornbeam
42 Homefield Road 27-29 Cherry Umineko
43 Homefield Road 31 Cherry Umineko
44 Lawford Road 3 Cherry Umineko
45 Lawford Road 4a Field maple
46 Lawford Road 15-17 Cherry Umineko
47 Merton Avenue 31-33 Rowan
48 Milnthorpe Road 11 Cherry Umineko
49 Oxford Gardens 20-22 American sweetgum
50 Oxford Gardens 24-26 Cherry Umineko
51 Oxford Gardens 2 Cherry Umineko
52 Oxford Gardens *7-9 Cherry Umineko
53 Oxford Gardens 8 Cherry Umineko
54 Oxford Gardens 27-29 Cherry Umineko
55 Oxford Gardens opp 15 Brooks Road Cherry Umineko
56 Park Road 39 Field maple
57 Park Road 39-41 Field maple
58 Prebend Gardens 30-32 Field maple
59 Princes Avenue 51 Silver birch
60 Quick Road 31-33 American sweetgum
61 Quick Road 24-26 Tulip tree
62 Regent Street Jct Brooks Rd European hornbeam
63 Regent Street Jct Brooks Rd Cherry Umineko
64 Regent Street 35 Pinkham Mansions Cherry Umineko
65 Roman Road 36 Bath Rd Cherry Umineko
66 Rupert Road 13 European hornbeam
67 Silver Crescent 39-41 European hornbeam
68 St Mary's Grove 63-65 European hornbeam
69 St Mary's Grove 50-52 Field maple
70 Staveley Gardens 149 European hornbeam
71 Staveley Gardens 156-156 Field maple
72 Staveley Road 26-28 Cherry Umineko
73 Staveley Road 32 Cherry Umineko
74 Staveley Road 34 Cherry Umineko
75 Staveley Road 36 Cherry Umineko
76 Staveley Road 1 Fitzroy Crescent Cherry Umineko
77 Strand-on-the-Green 4 Manchurian cherry
78 Strand-on-the-Green Bell & Crown Tulip tree
79 Sutton Court Road 44d Swedish Whitebeam
80 Sutton Court Road 74 Swedish Whitebeam
81 Sutton Court Road 168 Cherry
82 Swanscombe Road 27-29 Swedish Whitebeam
83 Thames Road 38 Manchurian cherry
84 Thames Road 186-188 Cherry Umineko
85 Thames Road 38, opp 88 Cherry Umineko
86 The Lindens 27 European hornbeam
87 Vaughan Avenue 12 European hornbeam
88 Waldeck Road 78 Cherry Umineko
89 Walpole Gardens 11 Field maple
90 Whitehall Gardens *8-10 Rowan
91 Wilmington Avenue 11 Fastigiate oak
92 Wilmington Avenue 13-15 European hornbeam
93 Wilton Avenue *4-6 European hornbeam
94 Wilton Avenue 4 Swedish Whitebeam
95 Wilton Avenue 4 -

 

 

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June 1, 2020