North of England based landscape contractor, Blakedown Landscapes has been appointed to deliver the Green Streets project around Northwood,near Kirkby, Knowsley.The work involves the excavation of over 150 tree pits and the planting of extra heavy standard trees of about 3-4m in height.

The trees, planted in pavements,verges will give a sense of instant impact to the streets.

Bright green guards will protect the trees from accidental damage from cars whilst allowing the clearance of litter or debris build up around the tree.

Residents will be encouraged to plant up around the trees with bulbs or small flowering plants.

The contract is estimated to take around 3 weeks to complete in readiness for spring bud break when trees burst into life!

Blakedown Landscapes were delighted to have won this contract.Having worked with The Mersey Forest in a similar project in the Wirral the project's coordinator Ben Greenaway said 'we are confident that this project will be delivered with the efficiency we are used to with this scale of planting'.