Tree Musketeers – Hackney Citizen

Short film celebrates tree lovers on mission to ‘green Hackney’

By Gabriel Stewart | Tuesday 9 December 2025 at 16:02

Everyone’s Garden explores the work of the Tree Musketeers, a volunteer-run charity bringing together local communities to transform Hackney’s parks into diverse tree-filled spaces

Town Hall celebrates 33 Green Flag awards – the joint best haul in London

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 25 July 2025 at 09:25

Mayor praises ‘dedicated’ parks team and volunteers for accolades that recognise well-maintained public spaces

Residents report ‘demoralising’ vandalism of new street trees across Hackney

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 10 August 2022 at 15:03

Those responsible for damaging saplings are being urged to think about the climate emergency

‘Wiped out by carelessness’: Gardeners devastated after grass fire damages trees at Millfields community orchard

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 18 July 2022 at 20:35

London Fire Brigade ‘concerned that some grass fires are being started deliberately’

‘Greening the grey’: Clapton pupils help plant 780 trees on former industrial land at Millfields Park

By Lizzie McAllister | Monday 21 March 2022 at 13:38

More than 60 children from Rushmore Primary join planting sessions led by local volunteers

Hackney welcomes over 100 cherry trees gifted by people of Japan

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 10 February 2021 at 10:31

Three varieties planted in Springfield Park and Daubeney Fields symbolise ‘hope, beauty and new life’

Three local organisations celebrate prestigious Green Flag Community Awards

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 15 October 2020 at 14:54

St Mary’s Secret Garden, Core Landscapes and Tree Musketeers recognised for benchmark-setting environmental standards

Council blames extreme weather for deaths of newly-planted trees on Hackney Marshes

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 24 August 2020 at 19:50

The saplings were planted in February as part of a Town Hall pledge to introduce thousands more trees to the borough by 2022

Letter – Hackney Community Gardeners on the many virtues of Hackney Downs Park

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 14 June 2017 at 10:53

Garden state: Hackney Community Gardeners are proposing to rejuvenate Hackney Downs Park. Photograph: Andrew Barnes

“We know that it is only by working together with the Council and other community groups…that the many exciting ideas generated by nearly two years of consultation can be realised.”