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Tree Musketeers @tmhackney.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Thank you to everyone who came to our Open day yesterday! It was great fun! Abdou Akarne has really brightened up the place with this Marshes inspired artwork. Thank you to all the musicians and our volunteers for putting it all together.👏 We can't for next year!! @urbantreefest #treenurseries

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Tree Musketeers @tmhackney.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

We're less than two weeks away from our annual Open Day. Join us for a fun packed day at the Hackney Community Tree Nursery! We have tours, talks, music and more through-out the day. See the poster for timings. #communitytreenurseries @loveourpark.bsky.social @urbantreefest.bsky.social

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Tree Musketeers @tmhackney.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

We would love to see everyone at our Open day on the 10th May. They'll be fun for everyone and lots of tree based activities, plus take home your own tree or plant grown in #Hackney. Running on the second day of the @urbantreefest.bsky.social

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Tree Musketeers @tmhackney.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

We're wrapping up the Winter planting season. Thank you to all the volunteers who took part! The song is the still unreleased ‘watermelon skies’ by BIN RICH, fellow tree musketeers & creatures of the concrete forest! Made from the samples of our very own Hackney parakeets & morning marsh afterglows.

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Tree Musketeers @tmhackney.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Our Fruit Tree Grafting workshop is this Friday, sign up to reserve your place or we have another workshop next Sunday, but it's almost sold out. www.bit.ly/treemusketeersevents 🍏🍎 #Grafting #fruittrees #communitygardens #communitytreenurseries #londonbiodiversity #londontrees

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Tree Musketeers @tmhackney.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

We love #plantingtrees and we love looking after our trees. On Sunday 22nd Feb we'll be in Millfields park mulching away to ensure our trees prosper. Come join us and spend a couple of hours in the fresh air with good company bit.ly/treemusketeersevents @loveourpark.bsky.social #mulch #treecare

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Tree Musketeers @tmhackney.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Another amazing planting day on Gascoyne estate, thank you to the incredible beings who came through, always a delight to see you wonderful locals get involved with keeping our beloved borough so beautiful. Thank you for spending your Saturday with us, always an honour 💜🌳 #Londontrees #Plantatree

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Tree Musketeers @tmhackney.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Join us next Saturday planting new trees in Springfield Park. Starting at 10am by the containers (///study.trees.tones), if you're late find us scattered around the park at a few different planting sites. @hackneycouncil.bsky.social @greenerhackney.bsky.social @nationallottery.bsky.social

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Tree Musketeers @tmhackney.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

We had a great time on Sunday, we felt as blessed as the trees to have so many people join us in our wassail. 🍎 Big thanks to the amazing performances by Morris folk choir & the Feorin band. Join us next year for our #Wassail, or our next event this year will be our Open day on the 10th May.

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Tree Musketeers @tmhackney.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Thank you to everyone who came down to the nursery this year! 🎉🎉Christmas eve will be our last volunteering day of 2025 🌱 Seasonal wishes to all! ⛄🎁

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Tree Musketeers @tmhackney.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

We'll be holding a Wassail in our Orchard on the 4th January. All are welcome. The wonderful Annie Moreton will be guiding us through the traditions, with songs and music by @morrisfolkchoir.bsky.social and the Feorin band. #wassail #communityorchards #trees #Hackneytrees #communitytreenurseries

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Tree Musketeers @tmhackney.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

We had a great Partnership Launch with Hillier’s last week and we can't wait to share Tree growing & Tree caring knowledge with them. We had the perfect weather to plant some of HIllier's trial climate resistant trees on the marshes, the wonderful artist Stik came along to plant one of the trees.

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Tree Musketeers @tmhackney.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

At the Nursery we have been doing seed identification, separation & sorting. Including the Pride of India - Koelreuteria paniculata, Liquidambar - styraciflua & the Common Alder - Alnus glutinosa. Soaking in the bowl are Algerian oak - Quercus canariensis Photos by Pete Burke #nationaltreeweek

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Tree Musketeers @tmhackney.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Join the Tree Musketeers for our Tree Planting in December! We'll be planting in Hackney Downs park on the 6th & 7th and in Millfields on the 13th. Sign up on our Eventbrite page: www.bit.ly/hackneytreemusketeers @loveourpark.bsky.social @sustainhackney.bsky.social @hackneycouncil.bsky.social

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Tree Musketeers @tmhackney.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Holy shrub! Tree Musketeers are blessed to have just won the National Lottery Community Fund! What a magical start to the season! All going towards our Growing Hackney project which will be running throughout the next 2 planting seasons, winter 2025-26 & 2026-27. #nationallottery

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Tree Musketeers @tmhackney.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

We're looking at pollinators in the Nursery - This is a male Common Blue butterfly - polyomatus Icarus. The hindwing of both sexes have a row of reddish/orange spots. 📷 photo credit: Pete Burke #hackneybiodiversity #butterfliesandmoths #communitygardens #pollinators

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Tree Musketeers @tmhackney.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

We are recruiting! Join us as a part-time engagement arboriculturalist. Manage our tree stock, agree on our planting plans, engage volunteers & the wider community. Deadline: Friday 26 September 2025 www.treemusketeers.org.uk/jobs #Greenjobs #arbjobs #arboriculturist #communityengagement #Hackney

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Tree Musketeers @tmhackney.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Our Apple Day was in October but the apples are falling now… so we’ve moved it forward three weeks

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Tree Musketeers @tmhackney.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Ecological music artist, Phoebe Coco, singing at the tree nursery Open Day yesterday. Absolutely beautiful. @urbantreefest.bsky.social @greenerhackney.bsky.social

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Tree Musketeers @tmhackney.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Amazing artwork on our lockup by landscape-graffiti painter Joe Webster at our Open Day yesterday @urbantreefest.bsky.social @greenerhackney.bsky.social

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Tree Musketeers @tmhackney.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Going to the #HackneyMoves festival this Saturday? Pop in to the Tree Nursery Open Day on the other side of the Hackney Marshes Centre. It’s a very special place. And a very short walk. And part of the @urbantreefest.bsky.social. @greenerhackney.bsky.social

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Tree Musketeers @tmhackney.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

We’re hiring. We’re looking for an administrator. Part-time, freelance. We’ve been volunteer-led for 25 years but we’re now doing so much more! Please circulate. @greenerhackney.bsky.social @sustainhackney.bsky.social

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Tree Musketeers @tmhackney.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Come and celebrate Urban Tree Week at the tree nursery Open Day on Sat 17 May 11-16.00… or join us on Wednesday or Friday for tree tours of the nursery. @urbantreefest.bsky.social @hackneycouncil.bsky.social @sustainhackney.bsky.social

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Tree Musketeers @tmhackney.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Brimstone butterflies (Gonepteryx rhamni) overwinter 7 months then feed up on spring flowers. The female leads males an upward dance before tumbling down to mate. She usually lays on the 2 buckthorn (rhamnus) species, purging & alder, the caterpillars' food #insectThursday @ukbutterflies.bsky.social

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Tree Musketeers @tmhackney.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Dark-edged Bee-fly (Bombylius major). Females coat their eggs in dust & sand before flinging them at solitary bee & wasp nests with rapid twists of her body. The larvae feed parasitically on the grubs. They are around March-June…learn more about trees & bees at the Tree Nursery treemusketeers.org.uk

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Tree Musketeers @tmhackney.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Out in Millfields Park with tree volunteers watering and mulching the newly planted woodland. The ground is very dry. Still, the whips are growing very well.

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Tree Musketeers @tmhackney.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Slo-Mo video of honey bees leaving and returning to a hive at our community tree nursery. It seems they may not be as graceful as they look in real time. The nursery is open for volunteering each Wed, Fri, and last Sat of the month from 10am-3pm. www.treemusketeers.org.uk

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Tree Musketeers @tmhackney.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Thanks to Marlis, Sue, Jody and George for coming out on a glorious Sunday morning and watering all the trees we planted this last winter season. We’re happy to report all the trees attended to yesterday are bursting with the uplifting optimism that spring always brings with it.

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Tree Musketeers @tmhackney.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Volunteers planting in the field bed Ulmus VADA (Wanoux) a hybrid cultivar elm which has resistance to Dutch elm disease. Interested in learning more about trees? Why not join a volunteering session at the Tree Nursery. Help plant and grow trees. www.treemusketeers.org.uk

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Tree Musketeers @tmhackney.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Spotted a newt while clearing out the pond earlier this week. The Tree nursery is open for volunteering each Wed, Fri, and last Sat of the month from 10am-3pm. www.treemusketeers.org.uk

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Tree Musketeers @tmhackney.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Hackney Downs park planting with volunteers on Sun 9 Mar. We planted 3 trees, a sorbus latifolia (broad-leaved whitebeam), a sorbus aucuparia (rowan) and a laburnum x watereri (laburnum) - adding to 7 which we planted back in Dec 24, so a total of 10 new trees this planting season.

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Tree Musketeers @tmhackney.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

2 signs of Spring - Sphaerophoria rueppellii, a type of hoverfly nourishing itself on early blossom nectar. Also the spidery yellow witch hazel (Hamamelis) blossom continuing its slow unfurling process before spring sets in properly. Join us at the Tree Nursery to learn more.

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Tree Musketeers @tmhackney.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Spring cleaning under the Airpots which sit on sleepers, in readiness for reactivating our wonderful extensive time-saving irrigation system. The nursery is open each Wed, Fri, and last Sat of the month from 10am-3pm. All welcome. www.treemusketeers.org.uk

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Tree Musketeers @tmhackney.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Loading our electric vehicle at the community tree nursery with trees, guards, and tools for another planting session at Millfields last Fri 28 Feb. The nursery is open each Wed, Fri, and last Sat of the month from 10am-3pm. All welcome. www.treemusketeers.org.uk

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Tree Musketeers @tmhackney.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Did you know that we run volunteering sessions every week? We run them every Wednesday, Friday and the last Saturday of the month. Volunteer sessions start at 10am. So why not head on down and join us. For more information, please visit www.treemusketeers.org.uk

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Tree Musketeers @tmhackney.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Want to get out in the fresh air and spend some time in a green space? Why not help us plant trees in Hackney. All welcome. No experience necessary. Dress for the weather. Don’t forget to sign up so we know you’re coming! www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/tree-muske...

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Tree Musketeers @tmhackney.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Join us to learn about grafting fruit trees Everyone welcome! No prior experience needed. This is a theory and practical session. You will graft two trees to be planted out in Hackney. For more information visit our eventbrite page eventbrite.co.uk/o/tree-muske...

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Tree Musketeers @tmhackney.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Join us! There’s still time to help us plant trees in Hackney. Come along and get involved. Everyone welcome. No experience necessary. Bring your friends and family. Dress for the weather. Sign up here www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/tree-muske...

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Tree Musketeers @tmhackney.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Mistletoe - Phil Watson, a regular volunteer who has lots of plant experiments going on around the tree nursery, showed us this beautiful little clump of mistletoe - Viscum album, which has germinated on a bramley apple branch. #CommunityTreeNursery #EducatePlantGrow

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Tree Musketeers @tmhackney.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Thanks to all our amazing volunteers, especially the Shah Satnam Ji Green team, who helped plant a woodland strip at the north end of the Cricketfield, Millfields Park last Sunday. We’ll finish this on Friday 20 Dec from 10.00 so come and join us. @SaveLeaMarshes @SustainHackney @hackneycouncil

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Tree Musketeers @tmhackney.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Look at this little beauty which was spotted at the tree nursery. It’s a Field mouse, also known as a wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus). Big dark glassy eyes, big velvety ears, beautiful brown coat with white underside are distinguishing features of field mice.

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Tree Musketeers @tmhackney.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Thank you to the Year 5 pupils of Berger School for planting trees with us last week (4 Dec). Great to see lots of youngsters connecting with nature on the Marshes. #treeplantingwithschools #outdoorlearning #naturesclassroom

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Tree Musketeers @tmhackney.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Big thanks to Elliott and his team at Maylim @maylimltd who generously donated thirty new sleepers so that we could complete our automated irrigation project. Also thanks to Michaela and Sarah at MACE @macegroup who put us in touch with Elliott.

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Tree Musketeers @tmhackney.bsky.social · 25/09/2024

EVENT: We are very excited to be holding our first Apple Day at the Tree Nursery on Sunday, 13th October from 11am-3pm. Everyone is welcome to join us for this free family day to make the most of the last of this year's apples. You may even get some ideas about what to do with yours! 🍎🍏

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Tree Musketeers @tmhackney.bsky.social · 24/09/2024

Last Wednesday at one of our weekly volunteer sessions we had a group from Arbdn visit. Some potted up dawn redwoods, whilst others levelled up sleepers to create a new bed for pots. Now this bed is finished we'll be able to complete the installation of our automated irrigation system!

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Tree Musketeers @tmhackney.bsky.social · 19/09/2024

Come along to our Family Day on Saturday 5 October at the Hackney Community Tree Nursery 11-3. All welcome.

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Tree Musketeers @tmhackney.bsky.social · 20/08/2024

We’re supporting the wonderful Tree Circle Cinema, a free community event, taking place in South Millfields on 7 September.

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