There has been an unexpected silver lining to the pandemic cloud in Bristol after a woman from Bishopston started replanting missing trees from her street. Amy Williams said it all started with a neighbourhood WhatsApp group created during lockdown.
She said: “When we moved into our house five years ago, we wanted to replace the tree that had been outside our house. During the pandemic we had a WhatsApp group for our road and I asked people if anyone wanted to chip in to replace more trees on our street.”
Amy, of Kennington Avenue, said one of the neighbours shared an old picture of the street 100 years ago, which showed it tree-lined with no cars. Since then, five new trees have been planted.
