Still not too late to join 🌿 Larch, Spruce, Fir, Birch, Hand, Blast Hole Pond Road, Newfoundland — an online café talk with artist Marlene Creates sharing her long-term photographic work with trees in a Newfoundland boreal forest and her evolving relationship with place.

Still not too late to join 🌿 A Walk in Memory of Ms Marline: The Grapefruit Tree at 67 Queenstown Road - a walk in Battersea celebrating Ms Marline’s grapefruit tree and Black immigrant plant stories, with interdisciplinary scholar and artist Nhadya Simone Lawes🌳

Still not too late to join 🌿 Trees That Shape Cities (2–4pm) — a City of London–sponsored talk for residents with architect, gardener and writer Judith Lösing, exploring the vital role of trees in shaping London’s built environment.

Still not too late to join 🌿 Sitting with Trees: A Green Love Letter to Black Elder Women - a virtual dialogue exploring ageing, memory and nature through poetry and lived experience, with a screening at Art Hub Studios accompanied by tea and cake. All welcome🤗🌳

Still not too late to join 🌿 Tree Song Project | Community Singing Workshop - a lunchtime singing session with Phoebe Coco and Sarah Williams-Robbins, using tree-inspired songs to connect voice, nature and community in the Culture Mile.✨🌳

Still not too late to join 🌿 The Urban Forest Exhibition and Pop-up Café — open daily at Art Hub Studios, New Cross. No tickets required, just drop in and enjoy drinks, cake, and a relaxed space🤗🌳

Sunshade & Shadow Street Survey, Webinar - Creating comfort zones through mapped tree planting, this project links UK and Nigeria via live dialogue to promote shade, sustainable streets and diaspora-supported planting initiatives

D i s a p p e a r i n g Plants- A workshop at Cultivate Colindale inviting participants to rethink how we see and photograph trees, exploring local species before creating experimental, camera-free images using plant materials while reflecting on urban nature and biodiversity @elastic_fiction

Family Heath Walk, Hampstead- Join us for a walk on the much-loved Hampstead Heath to spend time together and connect with the spiritual through identifying the more ancient trees, as well as taking time to appreciate the more urban trees nearer to home @RHUnitarianC @heath_hands

The Urban Forest exhibition closes - We open for collection of purchased and submitted artwork from 2.00pm - 4.00pm @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social

Discover Trees in Epping Forest (Highams Park) - A circular walk around Highams Park Lake with Trustee Abi Young, exploring tree species, ecology and their role in human history. @EppingForestHT

Golders Hill Park's Veteran Trees & Orchard - A leisurely guided walk in Golders Hill Park with the brilliant Peter Coles, exploring its veteran trees, including historic oaks, mulberries and remnants of a Victorian orchard.

Hidden Garden Tree Haiku Walkshop City of London - Explore near Monument to the Great Fire of London while writing and sharing short haiku. Open to all, combines creativity, mindfulness, and urban exploration through historic sites like an abandoned churchyard and the resting place of Samuel Pepys.

Community Fungi Cultivation with London Mycology Project - Join us at Art Hub Studios for a practical, low-tech mushroom cultivation workshop exploring sustainable growing methods, with hands-on activities and a take-home reusable grow kit. @londonmycologyproject

Trees of the Toon: A Tour of Exhibition Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne- An urban tree walk in Newcastle’s Exhibition Park exploring identification, ecology, folklore and uses of trees, with a shared herbal tea @ahimsapothecaryherbals @nourishthewild

The Urban Forest Exhibition and Pop-up Café - open daily at Art Hub Studios, New Cross, serving drinks and cake in a relaxed space. @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social

We have arrived for Cierans Womens Wellness event at 2.00pm at Christchurch Greyfriars garden, ladies come down and join us!🌿 urbantreefestival.org/connect-crea...

Nature Connection Haiku Poetry Workshop, Birmingham - A guided walk and haiku workshop with Laura Hackett, exploring nature through poetry, observation and shared reflection in a forest garden setting. @fruitnutvillage

The #UrbanTreeFestival week is NOW OPEN @urbantreefest.bsky.social … and there’s a packed programme of events in London and beyond. BOOK NOW! urbantreefestival.org/the-programm...

Still not too late to join 🌳 tomorrow’s Film Screening: Happy Man Tree- The Happy Man Tree, they do everything they can to try to save it. Following the film there will be a Q&A with members of the Notice This Tree campaign. 🤗🍃

Events are running across London each day, with activities also listed in Leeds, Birmingham, Penzance and Newcastle. We especially love the sound of guided tours of a Victorian orchard. Head over to @urbantreefest.bsky.social to view their programme of events. #CommunityOrchard #UrbanOrchard

Clay making at Art Hub Studios this morning!🌳🌿

Meditation with Trees - Join Mel Sutton for a guided tree meditation session exploring mindfulness with trees. The session lasts around 20 minutes, followed by time to connect with others. No experience is needed and it will be recorded and shared online after the festival.

Now, having a creative writing workshop with author Olivia Sprinkel, blending poetry and ecotherapy to explore deep connections with trees and the more-than-human world, at Art Hub Studios 🌳✍️

Currently having our first event of the Street Trees for Citizen Science Workshop, enjoying interesting discussions about Lewisham tree health and our personal connection to plant life 🌳🤗

Still not too late to enjoy 🍿 an award-winning short film, Bench (a short film by People Show) - A couple meet on a park bench to reveal a life-changing secret in BENCH, followed by a Q&A with the directors and producer 🤩🎥

Still not too late to join 🍃 Discover bats after dark on a guided evening walk through with Dr Iain Boulton at the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, using bat detectors to spot urban wildlife. 🤗🦇🌳

Still not too to join 🌲 tomorrow’s Witches & Beeches Walk with Dark Tales & Sinister Facts - A storytelling walk in Epping Forest with Kamila Wielebska, uncovering its ancient trees, eerie folklore and dark histories 🌳🤩

Still not too late to join 🌳 tomorrow’s Film Screening: Happy Man Tree- The Happy Man Tree, they do everything they can to try to save it. Following the film there will be a Q&A with members of the Notice This Tree campaign. 🤗🍃

Still not too late to join 🌿 tomorrow’s Sunshade & Shadow Street Survey, Webinar - creating comfort zones through mapped tree planting, this project links UK and Nigeria via live dialogue to promote share, sustainable streets and diaspora-supported planting initiatives. Also on Sunday 17th May 🌳🤗

Still not too late to join🌲 tomorrow’s circular guided walk through Lesnses Abbey Woods exploring its ancient woodland, from prehistoric origins to Roman, Medieval and Victorian histrory 🪾🍃🤗

Still not too late to join 🌿 tomorrow’s Hackney Community Tree Nursery Open Day - Join Tree Musketeers for a laid-back day of nature learning and community. Whether you’re just passing through or planning to stay all day, there’s something for everyone! 🌳🤗

Still not too late to join 🌳 Connect + Create: Women's Nature Wellbeing Session - this gentle session with Ciaran Ivanovic combines Forest Bathing, Qigong and simple creative activities to help you slow down and reconnect with nature 🌿🤗

Still not too late to join 🌿 tomorrow’s New Cross Tree Walk with Greg Packman - A creative and wide-ranging tree walk exploring urban trees, ecology and folklore across local parks and pathways 🌳🤗

Still not too late to join 🌿 tomorrow’s Radicle Tree Walk in the Ravenscourt Park - A Radicle Plant Walk exploring trees through botany, foraging, storytelling and shared reflection with herbal tea 🌳🤗

Still not too late to join 🌳 The Urban Forest Exhibition and Pop-up Cafe - open daily at Art Hub Studios, New Cross, serving drinks and cake in a relaxed space 🤗🌲

Still not too late join 🌿 tomorrow’s Nature & Art in the Neighbourhood - a guided walk through Walthamstow exploring re-naturing, community green spaces, art, and the veteran trees of Epping Forest🌳

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Today is the day 🌿 Urban Tree Festival 2026 launches today at Art Hub Studios, New Cross. 9am Meditation + Mel Sutton (online) 10am Citizen Science + @STfLLondon 2pm Creative Writing + Olivia Sprinkle 5:30pm Urban Forest Exhibition + PV

Witches & Beeches of Epping Forest: A Walk with Dark Tales & Sinister Facts - A storytelling walk in Epping Forest with Kamila Wielebska, uncovering its ancient trees, eerie folklore and dark histories.

Lesnes Abbey Woods - Time Travelling Through Nature - A circular guided walk through Lesnes Abbey Woods exploring its ancient woodland, from prehistoric origins to Roman, medieval and Victorian history. @friends_of_lesnes_abbey

The Wishing Tree - A magical forest storytelling show for children and families set in Lesnes Abbey Woods, hosted by Bernadette Russell. @bernadetterussell.bsky.social

Tremendous Trees Tour, Birmingham Botanical Gardens - An hour-long guided walk led by BIFoR and Birmingham Botanical Gardens exploring urban tree value, collections and scientific research.

Deadwood: Elergy - Join Soobie Whitfield for a creative session exploring the life of a dead silver birch, inviting participants to reflect and create an elegy through words and images.

Touch Tour of Trees, Victoria Park- A guided sensory walk for blind and partially sighted participants to connect with trees and explore practical climate action with Trees for Cities and the Sensory Trust. @treesforcities.bsky.social

Stirchley Forest Garden Walk - Join Rob from Fruit & Nut Village for a relaxed walk along the River Rea, exploring forest gardens, heritage fruits and community growing in Birmingham. @fruitnutvillage

Tree Hunting: South London with Paul Wood - Join author of Tree Hunting Paul Wood on a walking tour discovering the treasures of New Cross and Deptford, starting at our exhibition at Art Hub Studios.

Trees, Folklore & Song: A Guided Walk Through Penzance - Join singer Kelsey Michael and arborist Nick Bentley for a guided walk through Penzance’s trees, blending folklore, local insight and uplifting seasonal song.

Tree Myth & Folklore Tour Birmingham - A guided walk at Birmingham Botanical Gardens exploring global tree myths and folklore, alongside insights from research and heritage tree projects.

BSL interpreted Tree Tour, Victoria Park, London- Guided walk with Trees for Cities and the Sensory Trust exploring trees and climate action, BSL-supported walk for D/deaf and hard of hearing participants. @treesforcities.bsky.social