National Tree Week is nearly here. This year it falls between 23 November and 1 December. This is the UK’s largest annual tree celebration and we have some special things planned.
- Blogs filled with useful tips and case studies.
- Launch of our fantastic new Trees and Woodlands training module with a free online taster session
- Webinar all about best practice and creative tree planting projects across the NHS estate.
- Practical tree planting online drop-in session – an opportunity to ask our Technical Tree Planting Officer all your practical tree-planting questions. Visit our Tree Planting page for details.
We’re also supporting a webinar on 28 November highlighting the fabulous work of East of England Ambulance Service and Yorkshire Ambulance Service in greening their estates. Visit Eventbrite to learn more.
We’ll be updating our list of blogs throughout the week:
- Before and after – Tickhill woodland 15 years on
- ‘Nature keeps your mind at ease’ – Flourish at Woodfield Park
- Planting Trees and Building Community Through the NHS Forest
- Changing minds about planting trees: Trees Myth-busting resource
If you are planning a tree planting event in time for Tree Week, don’t forget to order your trees before 1 November. We have a new range of different schemes this year for all sorts of sites and projects with a wider choice of species including fruit trees. Visit the NHS Forest website to register your interest and find out more. We also have our tree planting event kit available to download from the NHS Forest website. The tree planting event kit is filled with all sorts of useful things for your tree planting event:
- Tree planting guide – our complete guide to planting trees – updated for 2023
- NHS Forest bunting to people know what you are doing
- Volunteer guide to give to your tree planting volunteers
- Quick pocket guide to tree planting volunteer events
- Event poster to help you promote your tree planting event
- Printable certificate for your volunteers
- Social media graphic to let people know online that you are planting trees for the NHS Forest
- Wish for the trees printable activity
If you are planning a tree planting event for National Tree Week, don’t forget to register it on the Tree Council website and mention the NHS Forest! We also love seeing your tree planting photos so don’t forget to tag us on social media.