The heartwarming account of Tree Warden Nick Cooper raising a brood of tree seedlings – perhaps it might inspire you to have a go at growing trees from seed! The Dalai Lama once said “Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day” and as I sit here in my garden,…
We were delighted to receive generous donations in March and April this year from the students of three schools around the UK: St Mark’s CE Primary School in Kent, Shoreham Academy in West Sussex and Roehampton Hospital School in London. The House Captains at St Mark’s School raised £375.90 at their annual Charity Fair using…
Ash dieback disease is likely to infect up to 80% of UK ash trees 18.06.20 New guidance published by The Tree Council, Defra and the Forestry Commission will help homeowners and land managers deal with the impact of ash dieback disease on trees on their land. The tree disease causes infected trees to decline, and…
Discover a summer harvest with hedgerow foraging Did you know that there’s a whole host of summer fruits hidden in the UK’s hedgerows, just waiting to be picked and enjoyed? With the solstice just around the corner, summer is in full swing and the woods are full of fruity hedgerow foraging opportunities. Plums, cherries and…
The Tree Council Branching Out Fund is now open! Thanks to the generosity of donors, we are offering tree planting grants to assist schools and community groups proposing to undertake well-planned tree and hedge planting projects this winter (November 2020 – March 2021), preferably during National Tree Week – 28 November – 6 December 2020. We are…
The trees in our towns and cities do so much for our own health and wildlife. They make our life greener, our air cleaner, and our lives better! So, as trees are too important to not celebrate, this year’s Urban Tree Festival is taking place online. To kick off the festival, primary school teacher Barney…
Every May is Walk In The Woods month – a time when people across the country get out to celebrate their local trees. This year, we may not be able to visit some of the green spaces we usually enjoy. But time spent in nature has never been more important to our mental and physical…
South London is a little greener thanks to a project between The Tree Council, Merton and Sutton Tree Warden Networks, and vital funding from the Mayor of London. The tree planting season may have drawn to a close earlier than planned due to essential measures to tackle coronavirus, but this was still a bumper season…
Respond to this once-in-a-generation opportunity to enshrine better environmental stewardship into land management policy in the UK. The government have been running a public consultation on their proposal for the new Environmental Land Management System, which will replace payments to farmers and other land managers now that Britain has left the European Union. The consultation is currently on…
Our Director of Trees, Science & Research, Jon Stokes has been with us for 30 years this week. We asked him to reflect on his three decades, and what lies ahead for trees. What are your first memories of starting at The Tree Council, 30 years ago? It was a completely different world then. The…