Explore the Urban Forest with Paul Wood
Discover London’s surprising and diverse canopy! Join Paul Wood, author of London is a Forest (Quadrille, 2019) and London Street Trees (Safe Haven, 2017) to Explore the Urban Forest.
Paul (@TheStreetTree on Twitter [twitter.com/thestreettree] and Instagram [instagram.com/thestreettree]) is an artist and writer and was a Trustee of the London Wildlife Trust for six years until 2017. His engaging books about trees and urban nature, London is a Forest and London’s Street Trees have been critically acclaimed by the likes of the Londonist and the Guardian , and so we’re extremely pleased to have Paul as co-producer and leader of a series of very popular urban forest walks.
According to a UN definition, 20% tree canopy gets you to forest status, and so London with 8.5 million trees is, officially, a forest. It’s an urban forest, and within it there are many different environments hosting thousands of species including hundreds of different tree species from all over the world.
On our hugely popular explorations in the urban forest with Paul, we focus on the trees, from semi-natural woodlands to those found on our streets and in our public spaces. Paul will tell about the trees, where they come from, who looks after them, how climate change influences them, along with the cultural and social history of urban afforestation.
You can purchase copies of Paul’s books on walks – the great news is that he has a new edition of London Street Trees, with lots of extra details, photos, walking routes for publication in May 2020. He will also have copies of the Great Trees of London Map of which the publication is imminent (March 2020). No need to bring cash, as he has a nifty card reader!
What participants told us on previous Exploring the Urban Forest walkshops:
Upcoming Events
Past Events
- Urban Forest: Fitzrovia-Bloomsbury - 20/09/2017 - 6:15 pm - 8:15 pm
- Urban Forest: Haggerston - Hackney - 22/10/2017 - 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
- Urban Forest: Bermondsey to Borough - 12/11/2017 - 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
- Urban Forest: Embankment - 10/12/2017 - 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
- Urban Forest: Peckham - 21/01/2018 - 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
- Urban Forest: Haggerston-Hackney - 04/02/2018 - 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
- Urban Forest: Pimlico - 25/02/2018 - 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
- Urban Forest: Chiswick - 18/03/2018 - 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
- Urban Forest: Herne Hill - 03/04/2018 - 6:15 pm - 8:15 pm
- Urban Forest: Crouch End - 08/04/2018 - 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
- Urban Forest: Hampstead - 18/05/2018 - 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
- Urban Forest: Peckham SE15 - 19/05/2018 - 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
- Urban Forest: Stoke Newington - 20/05/2018 - 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
- Urban Forest: Haverstock Hill - 13/09/2018 - 6:15 pm - 8:15 pm
- Urban Forest: Hackney Central Circular - 07/10/2018 - 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
- RHS London Urban Garden Show - Explore the Urban Trees of SW1 - 27/10/2018 - 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
- Urban Forest: Brockley - 28/10/2018 - 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
- RHS London Urban Garden Show - Explore the Urban Trees of SW1 - 28/10/2018 - 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
- Urban Forest: Muswell Hill - 11/11/2018 - 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
- Urban Forest: Herne Hill - cherry blossom - 24/03/2019 - 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
- John Ruskin: the power of seeing - street trees - 31/03/2019 - 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
- Urban Forest: Angel to Old Street - 18/05/2019 - 9:30 am - 11:30 am
- Urban Forest: Borough to Bermondsey - 19/05/2019 - 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
- Urban Forest: Walthamstow - awesome trees in E17 - 27/10/2019 - 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
- Urban Forest: Great Western Trees - 17/11/2019 - 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
- Urban Forest: Herne Hill - cherry blossom - CANCELLED - 29/03/2020 - 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
- Urban Forest: Street Trees in the City - CANCELLED - 05/04/2020 - 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
- Explore the Urban Forest on line: Haggerston Hop - 10/04/2020 - 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
- Explore the Urban Forest with Paul Wood: Great Streetview Trees of London - 25/04/2020 - 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
- Explore the Urban Forest with Paul Wood: Great Streetview Trees of London Part II - 05/07/2020 - 10:30 am - 11:30 am
- Explore the Urban Forest - London Tree Walks - Acton to Ealing - 29/10/2020 - 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
- Explore the Urban Forest - A Brief History of Trees in London - 12/11/2020 - 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
- Explore the Urban Forest - London Tree Walks - Holborn to Westminster - 26/11/2020 - 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
- Explore the Urban Forest - Arboreal Arrivistes - The story of tree migrants - 10/12/2020 - 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
- Explore the Urban Forest - Plane Tales - The Story of the London Plane - 14/01/2021 - 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
- Explore the Urban Forest with Paul Wood - London Tree Walks - St Paul's and the City - 11/02/2021 - 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
- Explore the Urban Forest with Paul Wood: Trees flower too! The flowering of the urban forest - 12/03/2021 - 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm