People Stories
Check out our latest news, case studies and interviews, as well as educational pieces on all things urban trees.
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Mini Documentary: Growing a Community in Tower Hamlets Estate
3 July 2025
We headed over to East London with TV Presenter Qasa Alom to visit a project we helped transform over a decade ago to see what the space looked like now.
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Staff Stories: Bolaji's Traineeship Journey
16 June 2025
Forestry Roots trainee, Bolaji Lemboye, shares her experience working as an Urban Forest Trainee at Trees For Cities.
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Inclusive Climate Action with Sensory Trust
28 May 2025
Climate action inclusivity is vital if we want to make our world a greener, healthier place to live. So what does that look like, and why is it so important?
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Generations Growing Together in Keighley
30 April 2025
In Keighley, we've been working with local groups of all ages to co-design and plant a woodland - not just to grow trees, but to grow a stronger community.
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Co-designing Queen's Park Primary School with pupils
28 April 2025
Queen’s Park Primary School playground was very concrete-heavy and in dire need of green space for outdoor education and recreation, so we transformed it!
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Interview with Urban Forest Director Suzanne
7 March 2025
To mark International Women’s Day, Suzanne Simmons, Urban Forest Director at Trees for Cities, shares how far the forestry sector has come, but why there is more work to be done.
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Interview with Youth Programme Manager Megan
7 March 2025
In honour of International Women’s Day, HortWeek speaks to our Youth Programme Manager, Megan Akerman, on how we're engaging young people with the urban forestry sector.
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Sponsor Stories: 8-year-old eco warrior Zelda
18 February 2025
Zelda loves trees and the outdoors, so she decided for her 8th birthday she was going to fundraise for more trees!
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Volunteer Stories: Why Akshay keeps coming back
14 January 2025
Long-time volunteer Akshay shares why his volunteer experiences at our tree planting days - come rain or shine - feel magical.
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Volunteer Stories: The ‘turn up’ twins Kris & Kate
20 November 2024
Regular faces at our planting events, twins Kate and Kris have been volunteering with us for many years - what makes them keep coming back?
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Volunteer stories: Ana's first time tree planting
21 October 2024
Our volunteer, Ana Barros, shares her experience planting a tree for the first time at our community planting event in Mile End Park last season.
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Volunteer Stories: Veteran Tree Planter Dave
7 October 2024
Volunteer Supervisor, Dave, has been planting with us for 24 years and tells us what it means to him to be able to visit the thriving woodlands he helped create.