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We are delighted to welcome Tony Kirkham, MBE, as a Patron. He has been a long-standing supporter of TDAG and the work that we do
Tony has had a distinguished 43 year career as Head of the Arboretum, Gardens and Horticultural Services at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, responsible for the management and curation of over 14,000 trees.

Following the impact of the great storm of 1987 he participated in and led several plant collecting expeditions to Chile and the Far East. He is the author and co-author of several books – some covering his travels and others offering practical guidance such as the Pruning of Trees, Shrubs and Conifers (2004), the Haynes Workshop Manual of Trees (2019) and his latest book to be published in September 2021 Growing Trees and is a general guide to growing trees in the garden.

In 2019 he was awarded an MBE for services to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Arboriculture, the Royal Horticultural Society’s Victoria Medal of Honour and the Arboricultural Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

Trees, Planning and Development:
​A Guide for Delivery
Section One: Creating financial, environmental and social value into the future
TDAG believes trees can and should have a key role in creating better places and value for people, both aesthetically and functionally. National and local governments, along with professional institutions and associations are increasingly aware of the benefits trees deliver, not least their role in adaptation and mitigation to the threats of climate and ecological breakdown. Our new guide addresses the main issues for the key audience of planners, developers, designers and other stakeholders.
  
The guide is designed to facilitate a better understanding and to secure the range of returns trees offer new developments, and will be periodically updated to reflect any changes in planning and associated policies. It also complements Trees in Hard Landscapes: A Guide for Delivery, and is the second companion to Trees in the Townscape: A Guide for Decision Makers. All guides are freely available on our website.
 
As with all TDAG documents, careful research has been supported by a wide range of contributors and the results reviewed by an equally diverse range of industry experts.
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Available here.

Streets for a Healthy Life (Issue 01), Homes England
This draft document has been released by Homes England as a companion to Building for a Healthy Life and Manual for Streets. It provides that vital missing element of what good, adopted residential streets should look like and how they should function. TDAG is pleased to be a member of the Sounding Board and supports this document as a valuable addition to the growing body of knowledge focused on ‘how to get it right’. Streets for a Healthy Life is referenced in TDAG’s own Trees, Planning and Development: A Guide for Delivery. Both documents are designed to be read on line and revised over time.

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