Coronavirus – The Tree Council’s response to the latest lockdown measures
Last updated: 05/01/2020
Last updated: 05/01/2020
Liz Ramsay, a Tree Warden in Nutfield, Surrey, tells us how she and her follow Tree Wardens found ways to…
Juliette Colaço, National Schools Programmes Officer, updates Tree Wardens on our national schools work This month, Team Tree Council welcomed…
Find out how to get involved with our Close the Gap hedgerows project At The Tree Council we have always…
12 March 2021 In line with the government’s roadmap out of lockdown, Tree Wardens may be able to start to…
Fern Alder, Faversham Tree Warden and founding organiser for Faversham Tree Week Festival, shares how she and colleagues overcame the…
As many of us continue to go on our daily outdoor exercise we are beginning to see the early signs…
Gemma Woodfall, Trees Outside Woodlands Project Lead at The Tree Council, updates us on the development of innovative trials testing…
Worcestershire is one of the original Tree Warden Networks, and Wade Muggleton, Senior Greenspace Officer at the County Council, began…
30 elms to be planted to mark 30 years of tree wardening
Lewis Morrison, Head of Major Tree Planting Programmes at The Tree Council, updates on the 40,000 trees that have been…
Frances Jannaway, coordinator for Suffolk Tree Warden Network, shares an update on their fantastic work creating community tree nurseries
Close the Gap is one of the first environmental projects awarded a grant from the government’s £80 million Green Recovery…
Rowan, who appeared in the Great British Bake Off 2020, celebrated National Tree Week by sharing his top tips on…
Last updated: 27/11/2020 England is due to leave lockdown on Thursday 3 December and re-enter an updated regional ‘tier’ system.…
Nutfield Tree Wardens surveyed their veteran and ancient trees over the course of two years.
Harriet Rix, Science & Research Project Manager, provides on update on some innovative hedgerow trials we’re carrying out along the…
Our community planting fund supports powerful memorial ‘Phoenix Glade’ in Liverpool
An update on National Tree Week and the latest measures to tackle coronavirus.
We spoke to Community Rail Network to hear more about how they support over 70 rail partnerships to look after…
Our CEO Sara Lom rounds up the latest UK tree policy.
Watch our video thanking our inspirational Tree Wardens for 30 tree-mendous years
When Mike Wadham, volunteer coordinator for the Tendring Tree Warden network in Essex, left the East Anglia Regional Tree Warden…
A coalition of leading conservation organisations has launched Covid-safe tree planting guidance to ensure volunteers won’t miss the winter planting…
Leicestershire Tree Warden Richard Ellison shares his journey mapping his local hedgerows, inspired by a passion to see healthier hedgerows…
ith this year being International Year of Plant Health, the government have declared 21 – 27 September Plant Health Week.…
The Tree Council is a partner of the Beaver Trust, who are working to make beavers a recognised native mammal in…
If your Tree Warden network would like to host a Regional Forum this year, The Tree Council are here to…
Tree Wardens in Wirral have achieved a major victory for the borough’s trees by getting a Wirral Tree Strategy adopted…
The government has published a consultation seeking views to inform an upcoming England Tree Strategy.
Our new National Schools Programme Manager Richard Pollard talks about how he came to join us, and his mission to…
David Pinney, Erewash Tree Warden, tells us how he and his fellow Tree Wardens have been making use of their…
Tree planting opportunities – with thanks to Network Rail Growing up in the hazel and chestnut coppice of Kent’s North…
In September, The Tree Council’s national Tree Warden Scheme turns thirty! The volunteer Tree Warden Scheme started with a few…
It’s been a very unusual year for schools and students, but now is a fantastic time to plan a tree…
Forest Research has announced that a pioneering new project to investigate the health of our British oak trees has been…
The Tree Council is pleased to offer all Tree Warden member networks a one-year holiday from their membership fee throughout…
An update on the pest affecting the UK’s treasured oak trees Harriet Rix, Science & Research Project Manager, June 2020…
As lockdown begins to ease slightly across the UK, we’ve been asked what this might mean for Tree Warden related…
The heartwarming account of Tree Warden Nick Cooper raising a brood of tree seedlings – perhaps it might inspire you…
We were delighted to receive generous donations in March and April this year from the students of three schools around…
Ash dieback disease is likely to infect up to 80% of UK ash trees 18.06.20 New guidance published by The…
Discover a summer harvest with hedgerow foraging Did you know that there’s a whole host of summer fruits hidden in…
The Tree Council Branching Out Fund is now open! Thanks to the generosity of donors, we are offering tree planting…
The trees in our towns and cities do so much for our own health and wildlife. They make our life…
Every May is Walk In The Woods month – a time when people across the country get out to celebrate…
We at The Tree Council have always known that trees, woods and forests are an essential, irreplaceable part of our…
South London is a little greener thanks to a project between The Tree Council, Merton and Sutton Tree Warden Networks,…
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…
It is with great sadness that we share the news that the wonderful long-standing Walsall Tree Warden Coordinator Jackie Cocken…
Our Director of Trees, Science & Research, Jon Stokes has been with us for 30 years this week. We asked…
Whilst it’s essential that everyone who is able to stays at home while we weather this coronavirus outbreak, there are…
To celebrate the paperback issue of his beautiful book Around The World in 80 Trees, bestselling author and environmentalist Jonathan…
Tuesday 24 March 2020 Dear Tree Wardens, I hope you and your loved ones are navigating your way safely through…
Tuesday 17th March 2020 – Update Dear Tree Wardens, We continue to adhere to and are following the current Government…
The National Tree Warden Advisory Group met at the beginning of March to discuss a Tree Warden training scheme. This…
Science & Research Projects Manager Harriet Rix shares some of the latest research on diseases affecting UK oak trees Acute…
Thousands of orchards will be planted in schools around the country thanks to The Daily Mail Tree Angel campaign. The…
An update for Tree Wardens from Jon Stokes, Director of Trees, Science & Research UK tree health continues to be…
Jim Jones, Visiting Scientist at the Hedgelaying In the Ontario Landscape Project at the University of Waterloo and member of…
At The Tree Council we are often asked for our recommendations of useful tree reference books and other tree guides.…
An update from Director of Trees, Science & Research, Jon Stokes In this update we will share some of the…
CEO Sara Lom shares the thinking behind the new Tree Council brand As a lover of history and green spaces,…
The Tree Council has evolved its brand and developed a new website to help us achieve more for trees. Read…
The Pilot Advisory Group (PAG) brings together representatives from every region to discuss how to further develop the Tree Warden Scheme.…
Sara Lom, CEO of The Tree Council, responds to those who say planting new trees won’t help us tackle climate…
Weeton Primary School in Preston received a grant from The Tree Council to get the entire school planting trees! Planting…
By Jon Stokes, Director of Trees, Science and Research If you planted whips (young trees) during National Tree Week in…
The national steering group for hedgerows, Hedgelink, had their first 2020 meeting last week. The Tree Council’s Trees Science and…
Annabel Buckland and Kieron Doick of Forest Research invite Tree Wardens to join their mission to create a map of…
One of the UK’s largest public landowners has pledged £1 million as part of pilot community tree planting scheme We’re…
1,000 orchards will be planted in 1,000 schools through the fund Restaurateur and philanthropist Richard Caring has donated £100,000 to…
National Tree Week was awesome – so what next? Millions of people around the country became Tree Champions in National…
Millions of people around the country became tree champions in 2019’s National Tree Week, laying down roots for a tree-filled…
As public attention on trees and tree planting grows, Megan Gimber from the People’s Trust for Endangered Species makes the case for…
Daily Mail issues national call to plant more trees The Daily Mail have launched an exciting new campaign inviting readers to be…
During very hot weather, your local trees may need a little extra help, especially newly planted trees or those which…
The Tree Council convened a Forum for Trees yesterday, Thursday 11 July, where the public, private and charity sectors discussed how the UK can meet ambitious new tree…
The Tree Council welcomes the latest report published on 2 May by the Committee on Climate Change: ‘Net Zero: The…
The Tree Council has developed a four-point plan to help local authorities fight ash dieback, the most significant tree disease to hit the…
Campaigning for hedges in urban areas The Tree Council has been promoting the benefits of hedges urban and rural since…
The Tree Council has teamed up with TiCL Media to help people to enjoy trees and share their experiences as…