Curious about Chichester's urban trees? Help us create a record so we can better understand what trees we have where and what they are doing.
Volunteers choose when and where they would like to map trees to fit in with their own interests/time available and the project scope. Recording in pairs is encouraged, and we can help you link up with others to work together, if you wish.
New for 2023 - more opportunities for working in groups (programme of dates). If you would like to volunteer (volunteers welcome at any time), please use the
form below.
Ongoing 2024
Target: complete inventory of publicly accessible urban trees (subject to volunteer resource) in Chichester City civic parish
Launched: Saturday 18th June 2022 at the University of Chichester campus (2022 pilot)
Survey season: May through September
Report: winter (annual)
Volunteer Support
If you have already registered as a volunteer for our ChiTrees project, thank you!
Our
Volunteer Support page(s) are in the process of being updated. You can contact us on
chitrees.support@treesinchi.org .
Love Trees? Want to help
Fill in our volunteer form below and we'll be in touch to get you started.
NO PRIOR KNOWLEDGE NECESSARY,
just a love of/interest in trees
Volunteer for the ChiTrees project
Our successful Launch event (18th June 2022) provided a brief introduction to the project and the chance to practise recording trees on the University campus. Volunteers learnt how to plot trees on the project map (predominantly using a smart 'phone app), built skills for identifying trees, and got to grips with how to measure them for this Phase 1 project.
Recording resumed in 2023 with refresher sessions on 16th and 18th May.
Our email archive is available to view here, which also has an automated link to join the e-mailing list for this project (subject to our Privacy Policy). If you do sign up to the e-mailing list by this route, please note we only need email address, first name, last name and submission date (the date you ask to join).
Thanks
to everyone volunteering for this project. We are grateful too for the small grant awarded by Chichester City Council to cover basic expenses for getting our 2022 pilot off the ground.