Trees & Shrubs
Voting open for the 2025 Tree of the Year competition
The 2025 Woodland Trust Tree of the Year competition looks to celebrate the value of trees in our cultural history.
Trees & Shrubs
Robin Hood Oak receives emergency watering
Threatened by lack of rain and current heatwave, the 1,000-year-old Robin Hood Oak in Sherwood Forest has received 3,000 litres of emergency watering.
Trees & Shrubs
Baobab tree in bloom at the Eden Project
Believed to be a UK first, a baobab tree in the Rainforest Biome at the Eden Project in Cornwall is in flower.
Trees & Shrubs
Frank P Matthews launch Cercis ‘Zig Zag®’ and Prunus ‘Japanese Lantern™’
Tree nursery, Frank P Matthews launch two unique new cultivars for the UK market; Prunus ‘Japanese Lantern™’ and Cercis ‘Zig Zag®’
Careers
Royal Forestry Society joins ‘Forests With Impact’ to drive social and environmental change
Forests With Impact partners with the Royal Forestry Society to support environmental restoration, sustainable workforce development and resilient UK forestry sector.
Trees & Shrubs
New national campaign launched to check for strangling tree-ties
A joint Fund4Trees and Arboricultural Association national campaign has been launched to encourage the public to check for strangling tree ties.
Collaboration
Frank P Matthews x Edward Bulmer
Inspired by their collaboration with Frank P Matthews at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Edward Bulmer launches a paint palette inspired by the Malus.
Collaboration
Gaze Burvill launch new collection with the National Trust
The National Trust and furniture maker Gaze Burvill are launching a joint collection made from locally and sustainably-sourced oak.
Trees & Shrubs
Croft Castle oak avenue restored with 200 new trees
Funded by Blue Diamond Garden Centres, over 200 oak trees have been planted at the National Trust’s Croft Castle reinstating an established oak avenue.
Environment
Dartington Forest Garden at risk
The Agroforestry Research Trust have issued an appeal for support to protest the intentions of the Dartington Hall Trust to end their lease, putting the 31 year old forest food project at risk.
Environment
Forestry commission approves commercial forest in Durham
Three hundred hectares of new woodland is to be planted in County Durham featuring 31 different species and 600,000 trees.
Environment
Woodland Heritage Open woods & workshops
Woodland Heritage has launched a new initiative, the Open Woods & Workshops to champion homegrown timber and sustainable productive woodlands for present and future generations.
Media
Sandi Toksvig fronts series on ancient UK woods
In fulfilment of her lifelong dream, Sandi Toksvig is restoring and protecting a patch of woodland in a three-part tv series.
Exhibitions
Earth Photo comes to Hever Castle
The international photography exhibition, Earth Photo will be showcased in the grounds of Hever Castle & Gardens this February.
Environment
Fungi translocation to restore woodlands
A nature restoration experiment, Forestry England is moving soil rich in vital fungi from an ancient woodland to a newly planted site in North Yorkshire.
Environment
Biodiversity eDNA study across forests in the UK
A comprehensive biodiversity study is being conducted by means of innovative eDNA Technology across 250,000 hectares of the UK’s forests to ascertain the condition of nature and the variety of wildlife in our forests.
Business
Nicholsons expands forestry and arboricultural services through partnership with Charlton Abbotts Forestry
Through the integration of Charlton Abbotts Forestry, Nicholsons forestry and arboricultural services expand to cover Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Wiltshire, Somerset and surrounding counties.
Business
Gaze Burvill becomes ‘Grown in Britain’ certified
Luxury garden furniture maker, Gaze Burvill has become Grown in Britain certified, confirming their commitment to using British timber and supporting the sustainability of UK’s woodlands.
Environment
North American native, Plane Lace Bug sighted in London
The Forestry Commission has confirmed sightings of the Platanus lace bug (Corythucha ciliata) in the UK for the first time since 2006.
People
Nicholsons appoint Dai Lewis as new Board Member
The Landscaping Company’s principal Woodland Director since April 2013, Dai Lewis has been appointed to the Board as Associate Director of Forestry.
