27/08/2026
TREES FOR STREETS - Cambridge
Earlier in the summer, I was contacted and asked by the charity Trees for Cities to capture some of their tree sponsors for their Trees for Streets tree-planting scheme in Cambridge. Trees for Cities is a UK charity working with communities, schools, local authorities and partners to plant and care for trees in towns and cities to create healthier and greener cities to live in.
The charity is very close to my heart as it was where I did my work placement whilst studying for a Masters at university, and subsequently volunteered and worked at after I graduated with an Environmental degree (before I transitioned to becoming a professional photographer!). It was a complete full circle and out-of-the-blue moment for me, and the Marketing Manager and I did have a laugh about it! After all, this was 20+ years ago and the charity had grown a lot since then, so I don't know anyone there now and she didn't know about me until she looked up my photography services.
With the long, summer heatwave this year putting pressure on wildlife, trees and the wider environment, I was also helping the charity to document in pictures how urban trees were doing in the drought in and around Cambridgeshire.
Here are a couple of informative articles they've written about it and how people could help future-proof trees in the hotter summers that is predicted to occur more frequently from now on.
https://www.treesforcities.org/resources/urban-trees-and-drought
https://www.treesforstreets.org/future-proof-urban-trees-uk/
But finally, yay for rain today!
Recent rain has brought relief, but the UK drought isn't over. Find out what prolonged dry weather means for urban trees, wildlife and our towns and…
