Trees are wonderful and we know that planting them provides many benefits to people and our environment – providing food and habitat to many types of wildlife, improving air quality, absorbing carbon dioxide to help with climate change and just looking green and beautiful!
Despite the environmental benefits of trees themselves, some aspects of tree planting can have negative environmental impacts such as using plastic tree protection, plastic mulch matting or peat-based compost.
This guide provides information on tree protection measures - shelters, guards, spirals, tubes or fencing - to help you decide what might be most suitable when designing planting schemes.
