Westminster
Tree
Trust
Events
Westminster
Tree
Trust
Receptions
A
number
of
fund
raising
receptions
have
been
held
in
The
Lord
Mayor's
Parlour,
Westminster
City
Hall,
by
kind
permission
of
successive
Lord
Mayors
of
Westminster.
Running
for
Trees
Another
fund
raising
event
was
of
a
more
personal
nature
when
twenty
year
old
Alexander
Scott
took
on
the
London
Marathon
in
aid
of
the
Tree
Trust.
Alexander
had
never
enjoyed
running
as
a
child,
so
it
was
with
surprise
that
his
parents
and
friends
greeted
the
news
that
he
wanted
to
run
26.2
miles
-
but
run
it
he
did,
and
impressively.
He
trained
hard
while
working
for
his
management
degree
at
St.
Andrew's
University,
and
made
full
use
of
'that
famous
beach'
where
Chariots
of
Fire
was
so
inspirationally
shot!
Alexander
completed
the
course
in
just
under
five
hours,
raising
more
than
six
and
a
half
thousand
pounds
for
Westminster
Tree
Trust.
"After
months
of
training
up
at
St
Andrews,
sometimes
on
bitterly
cold
and
stormy
nights,
occasionally
feeling
I
had
bitten
off
more
than
I
could
chew,
the
day
itself
seemed
to
creep
up
upon
me
quicker
than
I
had
expected.
I
finished
all
26.2
miles
in
the
respectable
time
of
4
hours
56
minutes,
quite
surprising
myself.
All
the
way
round
there
were
hundreds
of
spectators
cheering
all
the
runners
on,
giving
the
run
a
wonderful
carnival
atmosphere.
Crossing
the
finishing
line
was
one
of
my
truly
great
experiences
and
is
something
I
will
never
forget."
WESTMINSTER
TREE
TRUST
SILVER
JUBILEE
Two
events
marked
the
Trust's
Silver
Jubilee
in
2007:
on
14th
March
2007,
The
Lord
Mayor
of
Westminster,
Councillor
Carolyn
Keen,
hosted
a
reception
in
the
The
Lord
Mayor's
Parlour,
the
guest
speaker
being
The
Rt.
Hon.
The
Lord
Forsyth
of
Drumlean,
Founder
Chairman
of
the
Trust.
Westminster Tree Trust Silver Jubilee Party
Lord Forsyth, Founder Chairman (centre) addresses the guests
On
21st
November
2007,
the
ceremonial
planting
of
a
Whitebeam
tree
was
carried
out
by
Lord
Forsyth
at
Violet
Hill
Gardens,
NW8,
in
the
presence
of
The
Lord
Mayor,
and
included
the
unveiling
of
a
plaque
to
commemorate
the
Silver
Jubilee.
Dame
Simone
Prendergast,
a
Founder
Trustee,
also
attended.
Children, staff and governors of Churchill Gardens Community Primary School with Trustees of Westminster Tree Trust and Bastows, sponsors of 4 trees at the school - birch, cherry, crab apple and rowan - specially selected for the children. Bastows are a family run property restoration
company