East Anglia AGM Event

Having completed a full year together, the East Anglia committee have a fantastic evening planned for their first event of the year. Having a new committee form in 2024 has meant more regular engagement for the region and they plan to continue this into 2025 with plenty of event ideas ahead. This is event is kindly being sponsored by Sewall Reservoir Construction Ltd with Nick Brown, Vice Chair of the region giving us a small talk covering insight into the business. We also have two fantastic speakers arranged for this evening, parking will be a short walk away from the hotel at the local Cambridge train station.

This event is open all members and non-members that wish to attend!

On the day

6:00pm – Arrival

6:15pm – AGM, free for those only wanting to attend the AGM

6:45pm – Sewall Reservoir Construction, Sponsors of the event – Talk

7:15pm - Dinner, three course meal

8:15pm – Lucy Fisher, Idverde Talk From Gardens to Growth: A Journey in Mentorship and Opportunity

9:00pm – Greg Packman, Royal Parks – Tree population, species, management and pest and disease

9:30/10:00pm Finish

Details

SRC Group is a leading independent producer of aggregates, soils, and waste services to the UK’s construction industry. A true circular economy business at its heart, repurposing waste materials from construction into Eco-Bloc® a recycled block product for use in housebuilding, landscaping, and civil engineering schemes. SRC Group and it’s many divisions such as ready-mix concrete and specialist sands has grown in 30 successful years from its roots in the design, planning and delivery of reservoir and water storage schemes, and continues to still deliver this vital infrastructure today. Whilst championing best practice in the provision of aggregates and soils, SRC Contracting also provides remediation services to unlock the development potential and value of condemned brownfield land and contaminated sites

Lucy Fisher is an accomplished Operations Director at Idverde with over 20 years of experience in the operational management of green spaces. Starting her career as an apprentice in Regent's Park, Lucy has risen through the ranks to oversee prestigious contracts, including the Royal Parks. With a career rooted in progressive leadership, she is passionate about mentoring the next generation of leaders and is increasingly focused on establishing structured opportunities for professional growth. Lucy's academic achievements include an Executive MBA from Henley Business School and an MSc in Sustainability from Cranfield University.

Idverde

idverde is Europe’s leading provider of grounds maintenance services and landscape creation projects, with in excess of 8,000 colleagues operating throughout France, the UK, Germany, Denmark, Switzerland and the Netherlands.  The company offers a holistic range of services to support the creation, maintenance and management of landscapes throughout the UK, working with both public and private sector clients to deliver bespoke solutions for each project’s unique challenges. We have extremely talented colleagues embedded in our business that are able to provide a broad range of services. From advice through to maintenance, our teams can support professional open space management, landscape design and creation, grounds maintenance, tree surgery, civil engineering, outdoor facilities management, biodiversity management, waterways management, and much more. https://www.idverde.co.uk/

Greg Packman

Greg is an arboricultural officer working for The Royal Parks in London; covering the tree management of Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, St James's Park, Green Park, Brompton Cemetery and Downing Street. His work covers a range of arboricultural issues such as tree health, tree population management, pest and disease management, risk management amongst other responsibilities. He has previously been involved with the tree management of organisations such as the London Borough of Islington, City of London, Epping Forest, Inner & Middle Temple Gardens, Alexandra Palace & Dulwich Estates.

Outside of his full-time job, Greg spends a lot of time working with the public to help them learn more about and engage more with trees. This work is publicised through his website https://www.gregtalkstrees.com and delivers tree education through organisations such as The Royal Parks, Chelsea Physic Garden, South London Botanic Institute, and many more. Greg was part of Pro Landscapers '30 Under 30' award in 2018 and 'Young Professional of the Year' Award winner for the Arboricultural Association in 2022.

Greg's talk will look at the trees of the Royal Parks; looking at the tree populations, which species are more common in which park, trees of importance or special significance and part of the landscape histories. We'll also look at the tree management issues facing the Royal Parks trees, pest and disease issues, future tree planting plans and some of the day-to-day works.