All of our Grow Back Together Trees for GBT Round 1 have now been planted! Stay tuned for more rounds coming your way soon...
Grow Back Together aims to breathe life back into the vacant tree pits of Lewisham — in locations where they are needed most.
Our project focuses on areas identified at high climate risk — those with lowest air quality, highest flood risk and lowest number of trees (canopy cover).
Grow Back Together is a street tree planting project run by Street Trees for Living, Greentalk and Lewisham Council and supported by the Mayor of London.
Perhaps the first blossom trees most people will encounter not far from their own front doors are the Purple Cherry Plums.
Widely planted across London, they have already started showing their blossom, which in fact, is a little later this year than in some years. There are two cultivars you are likely to come across, 'Pissardii' with pale pink, almost white flowers (like the ones above), and 'Nigra' with pinker blooms. The flowers of these trees are perhaps their loveliest attribute, they are followed by very deep purple leaves that can look a little foreboding, especially when they are planted in groups or avenues.