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European Tree of The Year
The UK Tree of the Year, the Skipinnish Oak, placed 7th in 2025's European Tree of the Year competition.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Tree of the Year 2024
You voted in your thousands to help us crown this year's Tree of the Year and now we have our winner!
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Plant trees
How to plant a tree
Follow our guide to three of the most successful ways to plant.
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Press centre
Skipinnish Oak crowned UK Tree of the Year 2024
A centuries-old oak nestled in the heart of Lochaber, Scotland, has been dubbed ‘Tree of the Year’ in the Woodland Trust’s prestigious competition.
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Forestry Commission England Wood
The Forests of the Isle of Wight - Firestone Copse
Isle of Wight
99.19 ha (245.10 acres)
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Tree disease fighting fund
We're investing in hedgerows and trees to replace ash lost to dieback, and supporting tree nurseries to rely less on stock imported from overseas. But we need your help to do more.
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Plant trees
Free trees for schools and communities
We want to make sure everybody in the UK has the chance to plant a tree. So we’re giving away hundreds of thousands of trees to schools and communities.
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About us
Tree guards: research into plastic-free alternatives
Our bold pledge to stop using new single-use plastic tree guards on our land in 2021 put us at the forefront of the movement to eradicate plastic from planting schemes UK-wide. We’re funding research to find viable alternatives and are now moving towards sustainable tree protection in other areas.
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The power of trees - KS3 assembly
Inspire secondary students with this presentation about the incredible way trees benefit people and the planet. This assembly can also support your school's tree-planting activities.
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Protecting trees and woods
Keep living legends alive
Most of our oldest trees are not legally protected. We're urging governments across the UK to change that.