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Streets Ahead ensures street tree species diversity for years to come

3 July 2017 Sheffield streets are home to an increasingly varied street tree stock thanks to the Streets Ahead contract.As part of the 25 year highway maintenance contract around 6,000 of Sheffield’s 36,000 street trees are set to be replaced by the end of 2017, with 600 additional trees being plan...Read more »

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More than 8,600 trees planted by community forestry team

19 June 2017 Volunteers donated their time over the last tree planting season to help Sheffield City Council’s community forestry team plant more than 8,600 trees in 40 locations.In the 2016-17 planting season, which ran from October 2016 to March 2017, a total of 8,658 trees were planted, includin...Read more »

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Trees breathe new life into urban green space

29 March 2017 Students from Al-Huda Academy, along with staff from the English Institute of Sport and our own Lord Mayor of Sheffield, helped Community Forestry staff plant new trees in Darnall yesterday (Tuesday 28 March).The trees were “heavy standard” trees and a mix of oak, lime, silver birch, ...Read more »

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Street trees in Sheffield: Commitment to work better with residents to get the job done

19 January 2017 Sheffield City Council is today announcing a series of commitments to the people of Sheffield as part of the Streets Ahead street tree replacement programme.Streets Ahead is a city wide highways maintenance contract between the council and Amey to upgrade Sheffield’s roads, pavement...Read more »

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Major new tree planting project gets underway

13 January 2017 Around 8,000 trees are set to be planted at different sites across Sheffield over the next few weeks, to create new “urban woodlands” for the city.In partnership with the Trees for Cities organisation, 7,500 trees will be planted at three parks in the south-east of the city; at Kenn...Read more »

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Consultation extended on Sheffield's Draft Trees and Woodlands Strategy

30 November 2016 Sheffield's draft trees and woodlands strategy will help us plan how we manage more than two million trees across Sheffield for the next 14 years. Your views are really important and we want to hear from as many of our residents as possible, so we have extended the consultation per...Read more »

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Trees and Woodlands Strategy: The big black poplar of Beaver Hill

Down in the dip on Beaver Hill Road in Handsworth, stands the towering figure of Sheffield's biggest black poplar. Standing just on the edge of Shirtcliffe Woods, it's a haven for wildlife and a well known figure to those who live in the area.Access to Nature Officer, Catherine Nuttgens told us the ...Read more »

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Trees and Woodlands Strategy: Woodland adventures on Wincobank Hill

Thursday 10 November 2016   Climbing to the top of Wincobank Hill in Sheffield it's impossible not to gasp at the breathtaking views over the city. The site, which is home to ancient woodland and a whole load of history, dominates the skyline of the Lower Don Valley.We paid a visit with Access to...Read more »

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Trees & Woodlands Strategy: Here we go round the mulberry bush

Friday 4 November   Could this black mulberry tree in Handsworth be the oldest of its kind in the north? It measures at around 450 years old - yes, that's 450 years old. Imagine just how many people have skipped around this mulberry bush! Imagine how many jars of jam have been made from the fruit ...Read more »

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VIDEO: Managing Sheffield's Trees and Woodlands - have your say

Sheffield is one of the greenest cities in Europe, with four trees for every person and access to 180 woodlands.Members of the public are invited to have their say and help shape the future for the city’s trees and woodlands as part of the consultation on Sheffield's Draft Trees and Woodlands Strate...Read more »