Report on the UK’s tree planting effort by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee (this is Parliament officially appraising the government’s performance and… Read More »Tree Planting – where the UK is at
Heading south from County Durham a few weeks ago, even as winter still held the north in its grip, I wasn’t much surprised to find… Read More »Thistle Wood in early Spring
A new report by Forest Research aims to evaluate the benefits of trees and woods for mental health and wellbeing. It seems like a no-brainer,… Read More »Mental health benefits of trees and woods
There have been hardly any acorns this year, so we were forced to order some seeds from a catalogue. These are all native species which… Read More »The seeds of time, start of planting
Here at Woods for the Trees, we’re always looking for new ideas to care for the planet. That’s why we’re following 365 Actions, a new… Read More »Our 366 resolutions for 2021
WftT has made a submission to the EFRA (Dept of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) Select Committee set up to look at future government policy… Read More »Tree Planting and Woodlands – an EFRA Select Committee
A colleague, Rannoch Daly, has sent me this: it might have been written as a charter for woodlanders. A well-kempt forest begs Our Lady’s grace;Someone… Read More »A Culture is no Better than its Woods
Thistle wood, County Durham Thistle wood was planted in 2103, as part of a Woodland Creation Grant scheme, on former sheep and cattle pasture. The… Read More »Managing a new plantation
Woods for the Trees aims to team up with businesses, NGOs, landowners and other organisations to foster the planting of more trees.
The trees planted by our volunteers store carbon, and the last thing we want is for our website to undo their good work!
