On Tuesday 31st March 2026 at around 10pm a young man attempted to destroy trees along Campden Road as he walked home.

Video camera footage captured him carrying out this senseless attack.  He succeeded in completely breaking one tree near the Shepherd’s Gate development, and he loosened a couple of other trees, before casually walking off.

After the video was shared on social media a name was suggested, with a number of people recognising the man.  The video and the name have been passed on to the Police for investigation.  We await developments.

The shared video attracted a number of online comments from people who were shocked by this disgraceful behaviour.  We also got a direct message from someone who wanted to put things right.

Lenny Lomas is the 20 year old owner of Lomas Tree Care and he’s passionate about arboriculture.  So he couldn’t stand by and do nothing.  Lenny contacted us and offered to replace the broken tree - a Field Maple.

And that’s exactly what he did on Friday 10th April, assisted by his co-worker Sam.  We think they did a brilliant job.

Below: Lenny and Sam remove the root of the broken tree.

Below: Lenny (left) and Sam (right) after planting the new Field Maple tree.

Whilst it is depressing to see someone in our community behaving in such an anti-social way, we think that Lenny Lomax represents the best of our community.  We thank him for being so public-spirited and for replacing the tree so promptly.

 

HGHF-RA Committee

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