Last year, Coney Hall saw some new trees planted throughout the neighbourhood. If you have any young trees outside your house, please help by watering them during the hot weather. The council will come round from time to time but they have a lot of trees to water.
A useful tip if you’re trying to save water: keep a jug or bucket by the sink. Any time you run the tap while you wait for the water to heat up, run it into the jug or bucket, instead of straight down the plughole. It probably won’t be long before you have enough water to make a good drink for the trees. You can also use ‘grey water’ too.
The benefits of trees on our streets
Some of these will help to replace older trees when the time comes – but urban trees aren’t just about making things look nice. They have lots of other benefits too, for us, our children and our wildlife.
Street trees have been shown to:
- clean our air and help to remove harmful pollutants
- shade our pavements (and for those who drive, our cars)
- reduce the impact of heavy rainfall
- provide a habitat for wildlife
There are lots of resources with information about the benefits of street trees, so if you’d like to know more Trees for Cities and The Woodland Trust are good places to start. You might notice that a range of different trees were planted. Visit the Bromley Council website to see a full list and help to identify the ones near you.
Coney Hall Village Residents' Association (CHVRA) 