Tree Musketeers
@tmhackney.bsky.social
We're volunteers who grow trees at the Hackney Community Tree Nursery and plant them out in Hackney’s parks and green spaces.
Email: hello@treemusketeers.org.uk
Email: hello@treemusketeers.org.uk
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
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
November 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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
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
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
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
November 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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
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
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
October 12, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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
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
📷 photo credit: Pete Burke
#hackneybiodiversity #butterfliesandmoths #communitygardens #pollinators
September 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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
📷 photo credit: Pete Burke
#hackneybiodiversity #butterfliesandmoths #communitygardens #pollinators
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
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
September 8, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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
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
Our Apple Day was in October but the apples are falling now… so we’ve moved it forward three weeks
August 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Our Apple Day was in October but the apples are falling now… so we’ve moved it forward three weeks
July 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Ecological music artist, Phoebe Coco, singing at the tree nursery Open Day yesterday. Absolutely beautiful.
@urbantreefest.bsky.social @greenerhackney.bsky.social
@urbantreefest.bsky.social @greenerhackney.bsky.social
May 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Ecological music artist, Phoebe Coco, singing at the tree nursery Open Day yesterday. Absolutely beautiful.
@urbantreefest.bsky.social @greenerhackney.bsky.social
@urbantreefest.bsky.social @greenerhackney.bsky.social
Amazing artwork on our lockup by landscape-graffiti painter Joe Webster at our Open Day yesterday
@urbantreefest.bsky.social @greenerhackney.bsky.social
@urbantreefest.bsky.social @greenerhackney.bsky.social
May 18, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Amazing artwork on our lockup by landscape-graffiti painter Joe Webster at our Open Day yesterday
@urbantreefest.bsky.social @greenerhackney.bsky.social
@urbantreefest.bsky.social @greenerhackney.bsky.social
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
@greenerhackney.bsky.social
May 13, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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
@greenerhackney.bsky.social
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
@greenerhackney.bsky.social @sustainhackney.bsky.social
May 10, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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
@greenerhackney.bsky.social @sustainhackney.bsky.social
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
May 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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
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
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#insectThursday
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April 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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
#insectThursday
@ukbutterflies.bsky.social
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
April 8, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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
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.
April 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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.
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
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
April 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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
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
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.
March 31, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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.
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
March 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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
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
March 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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
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.
March 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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.
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.
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.
March 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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.
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.
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
March 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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
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
March 4, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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
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
February 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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
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...
February 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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...