Green Streets

Green Streets is The Mersey Forest's programme of urban street tree planting that is improving our neighbourhoods and bringing communities together.

 

Thousands of street trees

Since 2007 we have worked with a wide range of partners to plant thousands of street trees to brighten neighbourhoods across Merseyside and North Cheshire, delivering the following benefits:

REDUCING AIR POLLUTION Street trees improve air quality by absorbing pollutants and intercepting harmful particulates. FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE Increasing tree cover in towns and cities by just 10% can keep surface temperatures at current levels despite climate change (University of Manchester). IMPROVING IMAGE Street trees improve the image of our neighbourhoods and make them even better places to live, work and invest. BUILDING COMMUNITIES Getting residents involved in caring for their trees helps them re-connect with their neighbours. BOOSTING HEALTH Research shows that children who live in tree-lined streets have lower rates of asthma (Columbia University, USA). BENEFITING WILDLIFE As well as being great for people, street trees also offer much needed habitat for wildlife too.


Case studies

Here's a taster of some of the communities we've worked with to enhance people's neighbourhoods and make our towns and cities even better places to live and work:


 

Ellesmere Port

Residents pose with their new street trees in Ellesmere Port


 

 

Street trees in central reservation of urban dual carriageway

 

 

Knowsley

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St.Helens

Residents post with street tree in Northwood, Knowsley

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 


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