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
Gemma Woodfall, Trees Outside Woodlands Project Lead at The Tree Council, updates us on the development of innovative trials testing some of the biggest issues facing the successful establishment of trees outside woodlands.
Lewis Morrison, Head of Major Tree Planting Programmes at The Tree Council, updates on the 40,000 trees that have been planted so far alongside communities thanks to funding from Network Rail
Close the Gap is one of the first environmental projects awarded a grant from the government’s £80 million Green Recovery Challenge Fund. It is an 18-month programme focused on achieving bigger, healthier, better-connected hedgerows. British hedgerows have immense biodiversity, wildlife, carbon-capture and heritage value. However, hedgerows are often overlooked. Between 1998 and 2007 the total…
Rowan, who appeared in the Great British Bake Off 2020, celebrated National Tree Week by sharing his top tips on creating beautiful leaf decorations from tempered chocolate and marzipan
Last updated: 27/11/2020 England is due to leave lockdown on Thursday 3 December and re-enter an updated regional ‘tier’ system. Lockdown measures are in place until just after midnight on Wednesday 2 December. From 3-6 December (the remaining days of National Tree Week) and beyond, the tier system will be in place. With only three…