Cabinet Member for Climate Action, Environment and Transport Cllr Mike Hakata and Seven Sisters ward member and Deputy Mayor Cllr Michelle Simmons-Safo joined local residents to celebrate their crowdfunding efforts to help cover the cost of the trees.
The council’s four-year collaboration with the community and national charity Trees for Streets has seen 1,000 trees planted - outperforming the partnership with all other local authorities.
Haringey hit another milestone by planting more than 2,000 overall this year. This season has seen the transformation of two more plots into tiny forests at New Road Park, N22 and Paignton Park, N15, co-designed with the Friends’ group for each.
Added to these 1,200 saplings, a record 850 trees have been planted in the borough’s streets, housing estates and parks as part of the council’s impressive Urban Forest Programme.
It brings the total number of trees planted in just three years to over 6,000 as the council moves quickly to reach its target of 10,000 by 2030.
This year 74 per cent of street trees planted are in the east of the borough, where canopy cover is lower.
