Forestry leaders must band together to change public attitudes to spruce trees and commercial forestry, conference delegates heard at the launch of an industry report in late November 2023. The call came as experts from Tilhill and specialist forestry agency GOLDCREST Land & Forestry Group highlighted the fall in tree planting in the past year […]Read More

In 2021, commercial landscape contractors, Grounds Care Group, partnered with British Touring Car Championship driver, Rory Butcher, in a campaign to offset the carbon footprint of his racing. To do this, Grounds Care Group and Rory Butcher planted trees at the various venues Butcher raced at around the UK, bringing ecological benefits to the race […]Read More

Woodland managers, landowners and the forestry industry are being urged to increase their vigilance to the risk of the tree pest Ips typographus – also known as the larger eight-toothed European spruce bark beetle. This is following new findings of the insect by the Forestry Commission on spruce trees in Kent, Surrey, East Sussex and West […]Read More

The first of around 6,500 trees have been planted in Wombourne as part of Severn Trent’s initiative to create 2022 acres of Commonwealth Forest across the Midlands. The 10 acres of new habitat is located at Severn Trent’s pumping station in the village. As Birmingham 2022’s Official Nature & Carbon Neutral Supporter, Severn Trent is […]Read More

The Forestry Commission is urging woodland managers, landowners and the forestry industry to remain vigilant following further findings of Phytophthora pluvialis in areas across England. Extensions to the existing demarcated areas in Devon and Cornwall have been made following further identifications of the pathogen in these areas. Investigations are ongoing into the first reported cases […]Read More

To mark National Tree Week, Ground Control has funded the creation of new woodland in Lincolnshire. Working together with Openreach, Ground Control has created ‘Open Wood’ at Old Bolingbroke in Lincolnshire, with 3,339 young trees planted by workers from both companies alongside local volunteers. The woodland-creation project – funded by Ground Control’s unique Evergreen Fund, […]Read More

Action to get more trees in the ground, create more jobs and improve access to nature across the country was stepped up with a recent new £6 million ‘Trees Call to Action Fund’. Grants of £250,000 to £500,000 will be awarded to projects across England, at least three of which will be for new regional […]Read More

Confor has welcomed the UK Government’s England Trees Action Plan with Chief Executive Stuart Goodall, Chief Executive commenting: “Confor welcomes the UK Government’s England Trees Action Plan, setting out how it proposes to deliver the promise made at the 2019 general election to plant 30,000 hectares of new woodland every year by 2025 in the UK. “This […]Read More

Thousands of trees will be planted near schools and healthcare centres and in areas with fewer trees and higher social deprivation, as the Urban Tree Challenge Fund has re-opened for applications, Defra and the Forestry Commission announced today. Across the country, 44,000 large trees will be planted in towns and cities. These will support areas […]Read More