Petition hand-in to the Mayor of Hackney

In June 2020, we rallied at Hackney Town Hall and handed in the petition to save the Happy Man Tree to the Mayor of Hackney with 22,000 signatures. Watch the video of local residents speaking about what this 150 year-old tree means to them, why trees are important for our culture and well-being, and why mature and healthy trees should not be destroyed.

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The Happy Man Tree Project 2023

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The Happy Man Tree, The Woodland Trust’s Tree of the Year 2020, to be felled imminently

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The Woodland Trust on the Happy Man Tree - Tree of the Year