Why tree planting is a growing challenge | Brief letters

The ‘Plant a tree in ’73’ campaign | Mark Redhead | Decor choices in hospitals | Tory leadership | Wildlife photographyThe “Plant a tree in ’73” campaign (Weatherwatch, 15 March) was successful because, at that time, councils could afford to employ their own highly qualified grounds maintenance staff, arboriculturists and landscape officers, of which I was one. Young trees had a higher rate of survival because council staff provided the aftercare and were resp