Bath Urban Treescape are excited to announce the unveiling of the first identification tree plaque on one of Bath’s iconic trees.
The Bath Urban Treescape project started in 2022 to draw the attention of residents and visitors to the wealth of trees on the streets of the city and encourage them to consider their importance. Designed by a multidisciplinary voluntary team of tree & Bath enthusiasts, a website has been produced (https://www.bathurbantreescape.com/) with 4 tree trails through the city supported by free paper maps.
Last year 11,000 of the map leaflets were shared at events, leisure & garden centres, surgeries and parks. They have been enjoyed by a wide range of residents and visitors; from people staying in Bath hospitality locations to patients in doctors’ surgeries, from festival event participants to park volunteers.
The tree trails have received so much positive feedback from different sectors, the group have re-printed 8000 more maps and are going on to launch 4 further tree trails this year, including one at the Royal United Hospital. The group are also installing identification plaques on many of the trees featured in the first four trails. The London Plane Tree in Abbey Green has been selected for the first plaque; it is a popular tree and is the only one to feature on two of the urban tree trails.
To mark this positive development there will be a ‘plaque unveiling' ceremony by Mr Mohammed Saddiq, His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Somerset at 2pm on Tuesday 18th June. The Deputy Mayor, Ruth Malloy, will attend to represent the Mayor’s office Guests include Professor Marion Harney, recently appointed chair of the City of Bath World Heritage Advisory Board and Enhancement Fund, and Ian Gadd, Chair of Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Society.
The Bath Urban Treescape team are grateful to Vaughan Hopkins from The Street Nameplate Company and a B&NES resident, who has manufactured and donated the tree plaques to the specification used by Kew Gardens.
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