STREET TREE ENTHUSIASTS

…mostly volunteers, join them for good company

Volunteering has been the lifeblood of Street Trees for Living since 2011, and it can still start for anyone RIGHT HERE! Volunteers made it all happen and to a huge degree still do. They take roles ranging from trustee to tree waterer, sponsor to street rep. Over the years many volunteers have been willing to chat about themselves. On this page you can read pieces based on conversations with STfL Co-Founder Dom Eliot.

All the pieces were originally in our monthly e-newsletter. You can join the mailing list at the bottom of this page. If you know of someone who might like to discuss being a Street Tree Enthusiast of the Month please email dom@streettreesforliving.org

Please note copy and photos are subject to STfL copyright

Interviews with some of the people behind Street Trees for Living

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Richard F

“I wanted to build connections with others in my community and use my skills and experience in a friendly and supportive environment. Volunteering with STfL seemed like an antidote to the digital age”.

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Lucy Howard and Pip McCormack

“Volunteering makes you feel good, makes you connect, and gives you the opportunity to give something back.”

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El Ashfield

El Ashfield lives in Brockley and has been very generously supporting Street Trees for Living as a tree sponsor and waterer of trees in her street since 2014.

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Lawrence Wallington

Lawrence Wallington has lived in Lewisham for thirty-five years. He started volunteering for us this year as tree auditor and has now become area rep in Rushey Green.

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Jackie Walker

“It was 1961, walking along Tressillian Road in Brockley as the wind blew cherry blossom storms around our feet…”

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Sue Bigg

Sue Bigg sponsored a silver birch, planted winter 2015/16 at 38 Tanner’s Hill, Deptford. The sponsorship was in memory of her parents Jim Bing December 1924-2008 and Elisabeth Bing 29th May 1925-2001.