What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Several ash trees in Cross Flatts Park have been felled over the years because of ash dieback, a serious fungal disease caused by Hymenoscyphus fraxineus. As we reported here, in 2024 Friends of Cross Flatts Park, and Honorary Alderwoman Angela Gabriel BEM in particular, raised funds to turn one of
Thousands of diseased ash trees on private and public land have been identified as in need of removal due to safety concerns, particularly around highways. An interactive map has been created to help landowners understand if they need to take action. The trees are infected with ash dieback disease or
Council staff have been carrying out routine maintenance work to trees in Cross Flatts Park this week, removing dead, dying and broken branches. The work is separate to the felling of trees suffering from the disease Ash Dieback which was carried out last year. However some ash trees have continued
The latest addition to Beeston’s Cross Flatts Park, a beautiful sculpture created in one of the trees earmarked for felling because it is suffering from the Ash dieback disease, was unveiled by the Lord Mayor on Saturday (11 May 2024). The sculpture, created by Shane Green, reflects both the nature
Leeds City Council is undertaking work to trees in Cross Flatts Park to address the threat of ash dieback disease, a fungal infection that is killing ash trees across the UK. The council has commissioned TreeSaw, a professional tree service company, to carry out the works, which will involve the
A survey of trees in Cross Flatts Park has revealed that up to twenty mature ash trees will have to be cut down in the coming months. A further forty will have to be cut back. The trees are suffering from a highly destructive fungal disease called ‘ash dieback‘, which