• 3 pop ups are run at Arnside Road, Southmead Road, and Greenway for Transforming Energy Together.
• In collaboration with the Centre for Sustainable Energy, the Engagement team doorknock on 5 streets in Southmead.
• Thoughts about sensory, wildlife friendly plants are collected in Greenway reception for the community garden.
• Raised beds are built by Southmead Men’s Space, filled with compost and planted.
• Greenway Community Garden Leader volunteer roles are advertised and a monthly gardening group starts.

• Questionnaire responses for Transforming Energy Together start to come in.
• Engagement team carries out 1 to 1 interviews with residents.
• Bristol Energy Network run 5 workshops at Greenway with practical advice on action at home like draughtproofing and tackling damp and mould.
• Engagement team goes to 4 play sessions at The Ranch and runs two groups with young people.
• Climate and Community Development teams collaborate on starting a small community garden at Greenway.

• The Climate and Community Development Teams plan engagement together.
• 3000 leaflets are delivered to homes in Southmead to introduce the project and start engagement.
• Every home with solar panels gets an additional postcard asking about their experience.
• Two Engagement Workers are hired to enable more engagement to take place.
• Southmead Development Trust takes part in the Finance Innovation Lab getting support to develop project idea ready for investment.

Transforming Energy Together project started. The team starts to coordinate the project and plan engagement to talk to residents and community leaders.

Community Climate Action Plans are launched for cohort 2 at the end of April.

• Data from the community engagement is processed by the project team
• 2 sessions with staff to help form priorities and actions from the data
• 1 evening session with the community to help form priorities and actions from the data
• Peer review session with city-wide expert partners to run through draft priorities and get feedback
• Final priorities and details sent to build the plan

• Community survey launched
• Conversation Corner pop up at Southmead Festival
• 5 pop ups on Arnside
• 1 evening Open Doors event at Greenway
• Conversations with Friends of Doncaster Road Park and Embleton Playground, Friends of Badock’s Wood, Team Southmead, Inclusion Southmead, Greenway Walkers, Community Corner groups
• 2 play sessions at The Ranch
• 1 youth session at The Ranch
• 1 session at Little Mead Primary Academy
• 1 session at Badock’s Wood E-ACT Academy
• 1 craftivism session during Winter Celebration Week
• 2 evening Climate Catch Ups at Greenway
• Workshops with the other communities and project partners continue
• Engagement finishes at the end of January

• Ella meets with the other community organisations and project partners to learn about engagement
• Workshops for the project team start based on each of the plan themes
• Community engagement is planned, including questions for the community survey

Bristol City Council will be responsible for watering the tree. However the Council are looking after trees all over the city and street trees do face a harsh environment. So, in the spring and summer a helping hand with watering is always welcome! To save drinking water you can use washing up water, bathwater, or collected rainwater. Pour it into the watering bag so it gets straight to the trees roots.

Please be careful near the roads if you water street trees.

There is always a risk that a street tree won’t thrive. They have a hard job being planted next to a road. Trees may fail for a number of reasons, including vandalism, vehicle damage, disease, or lack of watering.

Bristol City Council will do their best to replace the tree during the first 2 years after it has been planted, in the unlikely event that it fails to establish and dies. They will replace the tree on one occasion if it is vandalised within the first 2 years of planting.

If anything happens to the tree please contact us at treebristol@bristol.gov.uk

Absolutely. Street trees are planted through a partnership between Trees for Streets and Bristol City Council. You can sponsor one yourself or maybe your street want to club together and share the cost. You can choose whether to take on the watering yourself or if you’d like the Council to do it.

You can find out more about Bristol’s street tree planting scheme by clicking the link.

We know that trees are important to our community. We’ve heard that the trees along Greystoke Avenue are a favourite feature of the neighbourhood. Planting trees is also a good way to take positive action for our planet.

Street trees also have a positive impact on wildlife and ourselves. They provide wildlife with food and shelter, keep us cool when the weather gets hot, reduce flooding, and absorb air pollution and carbon dioxide. They can also have a positive impact on our mental health. Spending time amongst trees can lower stress, anxiety, and depression. Research suggests that if children can see trees in their daily lives, then they have early opportunities to connect with nature, and it supports their brain development and wellbeing. Trees are amazing.