National Tree Week 23 Nov – 1 Dec 2024
Every year, this week marks the start of tree planting season! Link to see the interactive map and find an event near you.
Deadline for Young Tree Champions extended until 10th November
The Young Tree Champions programme supports schools towards achieving exemplary status for outdoor learning and nature engagement in Scotland this year. Everything is free and the deadline for applications to the Young Tree Champions programme is now midnight 10th November 2024. Apply here. In return for running a tree and nature [...]
Planting Trees in Small Spaces – the low plastic way
Tree planting season is here! This useful NHS Forest article (18 July 2024) is equally applicable if you are considering planting trees in school grounds or gardens. Check out their article on Low-plastic tree planting (11 June 2024) as well!
Free trees, workshops and CPD from the Tree Council
The Tree Council is looking for 70 new schools or youth groups to work with this year to deliver a Young Tree Champions Trees and More Project. Make a difference to your young people and to the planet! We will provide free trees (fruit or hedgerow), a digital microscope camera, [...]
#itree24 – presentations
Find and enjoy browsing PDF copies of the presentations from #itree24. This shares many of the presentations shown the event delegates in Dundee. The event ran from 19-21 June 2024.
Grants of up to £100,000 available soon to support urban forestry projects across Scotland
Read about the first pilot project to be funded through the ambitious Urban Forestry Programme. TreeLink Stirling’s Free Nut and Fruit trees aims to plant 200 apple, pear, and walnut trees in local neighbourhoods with low tree cover The Urban Forestry Programme will support urban forestry projects, tree planting, biodiversity, [...]
Scorching schoolyards: California groups want more trees, less asphalt at schools
Greenspace Scotland have shared this article describing how schoolyards are hot and getting hotter. Researchers and advocates are pushing the state to allocate money for green schoolyards, which can include trees, grass or gardens in place of asphalt or rubber play surfaces at most schools. Find this story and more [...]
Trees and woods: at the heart of nature recovery in Scotland
Greenspace Scotland have shared a new report studying nature recovery in Scotland, carried out by the Woodland Trust. This report aims to show how wood and trees can drive nature recovery to the benefit of the nation's population, using the “3-30-300 rule”. Do your school grounds and school location meet [...]
