Project portfolio

The IGNITION project brings together 12 partners from local government, universities, NGOs, business with City of Trees, to help make Greater Manchester more resilient to the climate crisis.

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As part of the WW1 Centenary commemorations City of Trees and partners planted Heroes Wood, a memorial woodland remembering the people of Gorton in Manchester that served in World War One and armed conflicts since.

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During Summer and Autumn 2018 City of Trees completed the biggest i-Tree Eco survey outside the United States, with the aim of quantifying the value of Greater Manchester’s trees and woods.

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City of Trees worked with local community groups, creating eleven community orchards across the City of Salford.

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Working with state Primary Schools across Greater Manchester, planting 60,000 trees in school grounds, or in a local green space, as well as delivering outdoor education sessions linking to the national curriculum

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This four-year project aimed to celebrate, record and protect our local tree heritage - the trees, woodlands, hedgerows and orchards which are part of the fabric of our towns and cities

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We created a 4,000 tree new woodland alongside a programme of activities that encouraged physical exercise, raised awareness about healthy eating and living, and provided opportunities for developing new skills.

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9 August 2017

Market-leading developer Property Alliance Group supported a nature-based programme of activity across schools in Rochdale, helping to plant more than 400 new trees.

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We worked with partner Alzheimer’s Society to run a series of dementia friendly walks at Longford Park in Trafford

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We worked with people living with dementia and their carers and families, helping to improve their physical and mental wellbeing and develop social cohesion.

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We have developed a model for mapping locations in the Irwell River catchment area where there is both a need and an opportunity for installing trees and other green infrastructure (GI) to help prevent and reduce water pollution.

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We worked with partner Bruntwood to create an installation for RHS Tatton Flower Show 2016, as well as hosting a range of special activities and talks.

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We worked with Caorunn Gin to create a 'pop-up' apple orchard in Spinningfields in Manchester. 

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Three London Plane trees were planted in a specially designed trench in Howard Street, Salford, Greater Manchester in June 2015 with the aim of capturing the impact that trees had on both cleaning polluted water from road run off and managing levels of surface water, which can lead to flooding.

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We worked with teachers of a primary school to help them utilise a small woodland area for Forest School activities.

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We worked with an active community group who purchased a small woodland in Oldham.

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We helped to manage the 122.5 hectare woodland site of Amberswood Common in Wigan, including creating invaluable habitat for Willow tits. 

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We’ve been working with leading waste recycling company Viridor for over 5 years on a programme to green Greater Manchester’s streets.

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We planted 1,500 trees in Salford, contributing to our goal of planting a tree for every man, woman and child across Greater Manchester.

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We planted 100 new street trees in eight residential streets across Old Trafford.

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We gave Stevenson Square in Manchester a green makeover with 11 new street trees and a green roof.

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We partnered with a South Manchester Housing Association, Southway Housing Trust on a number of projects themed around urban orchards which included the planting of 78 fruit trees.

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We worked with The Real Food Team on a campaign to inspire local people about the food they eat.

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In Manchester we helped three schools and a group of local residents to get growing.

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We transformed a piece of derelict land in Gorton into a food growing site for the whole community.

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We created a new food growing space on the site of a disused bowling green in Wythenshawe.

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