{"id":6282,"date":"2025-12-11T15:11:43","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T14:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/?p=6282"},"modified":"2025-12-11T15:11:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T14:11:43","slug":"tree-planting-in-alexandra-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/2025\/12\/11\/tree-planting-in-alexandra-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Tree Planting in Alexandra Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2025\/11\/a2246479-12a0-47f9-8846-e9897f2e99c8-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6346 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2025\/11\/a2246479-12a0-47f9-8846-e9897f2e99c8-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2025\/11\/a2246479-12a0-47f9-8846-e9897f2e99c8-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2025\/11\/a2246479-12a0-47f9-8846-e9897f2e99c8-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>On 28th November, as part of our 16 Days of Action and to mark National Tree Week, we planted a <strong>Larch Larix Decidua<\/strong> in Speaker\u2019s Corner at Alexandra Park to celebrate our Centenary.<\/p>\n<p>Angela and the Friends of Alexandra Park welcomed us warmly with hot tea and biscuits. Angela also shared a captivating talk and film on the park\u2019s history, including how funding from the Heritage Lottery has breathed new life into the park, restoring its place as one of Manchester\u2019s true People\u2019s Parks.<\/p>\n<p>When Alexandra Park opened in 1870, public rallies weren\u2019t permitted and Speaker\u2019s Corner was the only place the bylaws allowed people to meet. Our Centenary tree stands on the upper end of the raised wall\u2014an area that served as the park\u2019s unofficial Speaker\u2019s Corner. It was near here that the famous 1908 rally took place, with ten platforms (or soapboxes) featuring speakers discussing housing, health, prison reform, education, peace, labour laws, child protection, social ethics, the Poor Law, and votes for women.<\/p>\n<p>From records at the Pankhurst Centre, member Susan Hollick discovered that Manchester Soroptimists (which was established as a club before all women got the vote) wrote letters expressing their support for the Suffragettes. It\u2019s possible that some of our early members attended rallies and meetings held at Speaker\u2019s Corner in Alexandra Park.<\/p>\n<p>The Alexandra Park Arboricultural Team was enthusiastic about our Centenary planting becoming a real feature. They recommended the <strong>Larch Larix Decidua<\/strong>, a species known for its golden-yellow autumn foliage. Our tree currently stands at 2 metres tall, but it has the potential to reach 40 metres (130 feet.)<\/p>\n<p>This tree has a carbon credit score of A and can expect to live 350 years in our urban environment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><em>Rachelle Manders-Ratcliff<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For more information on Alexandra Park, please see our winter newsletter.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6347\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6347\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2025\/11\/PHOTO-2025-11-29-10-19-27.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6347 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2025\/11\/PHOTO-2025-11-29-10-19-27-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2025\/11\/PHOTO-2025-11-29-10-19-27-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2025\/11\/PHOTO-2025-11-29-10-19-27.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6347\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members Sue and Susan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6379\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6379\" style=\"width: 256px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2025\/12\/Picture1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6379 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2025\/12\/Picture1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6379\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Felix &amp; Kieran from the Arboretum Team<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6380\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6380\" style=\"width: 216px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2025\/12\/Picture2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6380 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2025\/12\/Picture2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"229\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6380\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">How our tree will look for our 200th anniversary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 28th November, as part of our 16 Days of Action and to mark National&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":272,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-club-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tree Planting in Alexandra Park | News | Blog | Events | SI Manchester<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Manchester : Blog &amp; News : Tree Planting in Alexandra Park : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Manchester . 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