In March 2026, Reading Borough Council workers planted a new cherry tree on the corner of Kidmore and Oakley Roads. Caversham Heights Labour Councillor, Jenny McGrother, and Lead Councillor for Environmental Services and Community Safety, Karen Rowland, lent a hand.
Local residents requested a tree, and the Highways Department confirmed it was okay for the junction. Passersby were moved to see this beautiful investment in the environment by the Caversham Heights Labour team.
Caversham Heights Councillor Jenny McGrother was thrilled to dig for such a lovely reason, she said;
“It’s wonderful we get to make this lovely, long-term contribution”
The Reading Borough Council Tree Strategy, contains ambitious proposals for new tree planting and extension of tree canopy cover in Reading up to 2030, to mitigate climate change effects and to adapt to the climate change that is already occurring, as well as for the many other benefits that trees bring.