Exhibitions
The Lost Trees: Nancy Cadogan
‘The Lost Trees’ by British American artist Nancy Cadogan, delves into the profound emotional and ecological significance of trees as enduring landmarks in our lives.
Marketing
New look for National Tree Week, in its fiftieth year.
Honouring half a century of planting and protecting trees, National Tree Week has refreshed its brand identity.
Trees & Shrubs
Forest resilience: The trees of tomorrow
Scottish Forestry and Forestry England have identified 30 tree species that have the best chance of thriving in the future.
Trees & Shrubs
Glasgow’s Lone Ash crowned 2025 UK Tree of the Year
Over 30,000 voted in this year’s Woodland Trust competition, with the Argyle Street ash tree winning with 27% of this year’s votes.
Charity
Wolfson Foundation supports Future Trees Trust
The Future Trees Trust has received a substantial grant from the Wolfson Foundation to support the development of the new National Centre at the National Trust, Buscot and Coleshill Estate in Oxfordshire.
Business
Christies forestry nursery enters administration
Established in 1820, the seventh-generation forestry business in Moray, Scotland has entered administration on account of cash flow problems.
Trees & Shrubs
Branching into the future: Farming in harmony with trees
Recognition that trees can offer farm resilience and business opportunities in the face of extreme weather, grows as 1000+ join the Agroforestry Show.
Trees & Shrubs
Newton Nursery to boost timber and woodland creation across Scotland
The £26m facility was created to meet woodland targets will help support the sustainable management of national forests and land.
Trees & Shrubs
Battersea grapefruit tree protected
Tropical tree, brought from Grenada in the 1980’s and growing in Battersea, London has been protected by a Tree Preservation Order.
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.
