Streetwood’s long plan is simple to say and slow to do: a tree outside every front door that has room for one, joined up over the decades into a canopy you could walk beneath from the station to the school gates. Most of the people planting it will never see it finished. That is rather the point.

Fifty years. No hurry.

THE SLOW FOREST

Dates and numbers are illustrative, for a fictional trust. A real one would agree its targets with the council and report its progress every year, including the trees that did not make it.

THE PLAN, IN FIVE CHAPTERS

The first hundred

A tree for every school

Gaps closed

Branches meet

The slow forest

A footpath in the shade of a long row of street trees: the kind of walk the slow forest is aiming for, one decade at a time.

THE LONG VIEW

door to school.

A canopy from

Ada, 9

A note in the register, 2026

“To whoever waters tree No. 0001 in fifty years’ time: I planted it with my dad when I was nine. Please tell it I said hello.”

The carers of No. 0001

An imagined reply, 2076

“Dear Ada, it is enormous now and shades the bus stop all summer. The blackbirds send their regards. So do we.”

Sponsorship would pay for a young tree, its stake and tie, a ring of mulch and three summers of watering kit. The council chooses the spot where it can thrive; the sponsor gets a line in the register and a note each spring.

Give a street its next tree.

SPONSOR A TREE

Street tree sponsor

An illustrative amount for a fictional trust. No payment is taken on this template.

£250

one-off

Sponsorship would cover:

Species and spot agreed with the council, so the right tree goes in the right pit.

A tree chosen with care

A place on the watering rota, a bucket and a can for its carers, and a mulching morning each winter.

Three summers of care

The sponsor’s chosen words beside the tree’s number, name and planting date.

A line in the register

A young nursery tree

Stake, tie and guard

A ring of mulch

Tools and gloves on the day

Three summers of watering kit

A line in the register

Sponsoring, plainly answered.

The questions a real tree trust should answer before anyone sponsors a single sapling.

No. Streetwood is fictional, created for a website template, so there is no charity number, bank account or payment service behind these pages.

Is Streetwood a real charity?

Street trees usually belong to the council that looks after the pavement. Sponsorship pays for planting and care; it does not buy the tree or the ground it stands in.

Who owns a sponsored tree?

You can suggest one. The council decides, after checking for pipes, cables, sight lines and room for prams and wheelchairs.

Can I choose the spot?

A real scheme might offer a line in the register or a small label. Ask what is allowed before promising anyone a plaque.

Can I dedicate a tree?

Some young trees fail despite everyone’s efforts. A real trust should say clearly whether it replaces them, and when.

What happens if the tree dies?

Write to us

Questions about adopting, sponsoring or planting days. hello@streetwood.example

Ask for a tree

Know a bare pit or an empty stretch of pavement? Start with the watering rota. Join the rota

Bring your class

Schools and youth groups who would like to plant on a weekday morning. Read the house rules