We are delighted to announce the successful launch of the new Brecon Beacons Tree Warden Network, coordinated by Sam Harpur, Brecon Beacons National Park Warden. Originally planned for early 2020, the group had to wait for the end of Covid-19 restrictions before they could celebrate their launch, which was marked by the planting of the aptly named ‘New…
The Tree Council is delighted to have been invited to be a key delivery partner of The Queen’s Green Canopy, a unique tree planting initiative encouraging people across the UK to ‘Plant a tree for the Jubilee’ in honour of the Queen’s history-making 70 years of service to the nation. Everyone will have a part to play,…
National Hedgerow Week may be over for this year, but there’s still plenty of ways to take action for your local hedgerows The inaugural National Hedgerow Week sparked a UK-wide conversation about (and with!) these quietly remarkable features of our urban and rural landscapes. People, communities and businesses got involved in National Hedgerow Week in…
PRESS RELEASE: Inaugural National Hedgerow Week launches to give these unsung heroes of nature the recognition they deserve for their immense contribution to fighting climate change and biodiversity loss Hedges are brilliant at capturing carbon UK’s largest priority habitat 50% lost since WWII The Tree Council and partners are calling on the nation and the…
Geraldine Creaven, Administration Officer for The Tree Council, shares just some of the wonderful projects Tree Wardens have helped deliver through our Branching Out tree planting grants programme
This month, we bid farewell to Harriet Rix, Science & Research Project Manager, and Holly Chetan-Welsh, Head of Communications & Partnerships, who are both striking out on exciting new projects. Harriet and Holly have been invaluable to The Tree Council and The Tree Warden Scheme, bringing so much passion, wit and dedication to their work.…
Lewis Morrison, Head of Tree Planting Projects, shares some of the community projects we have supported with Network Rail to plant trees for natural flood management
Liz Ramsay, a Tree Warden in Nutfield, Surrey, tells us how she and her follow Tree Wardens found ways to navigate the challenges of a pandemic year to achieve her goal of creating a new community woodland. When Liz Ramsay, a Tree Warden in Nutfield, Surrey, hatched a plan to establish a new community woodland,…
Juliette Colaço, National Schools Programmes Officer, updates Tree Wardens on our national schools work This month, Team Tree Council welcomed Juliette Colaço as National Schools Programmes Officer. Juliette is an experienced primary school teacher, who is passionate about protecting and conserving our environment and inspiring children and communities to have the same passion. Here Juliette…
Find out how to get involved with our Close the Gap hedgerows project At The Tree Council we have always known that hedgerows are amazing. These oft-overlooked features are the largest wildlife habitat we have in the UK across rural and urban areas, and are also great at absorbing carbon and protecting carbon in the…