Tree planting on healthcare sites
Order funded trees for your healthcare site
Important Update – Tree Applications for the 2025-2026 planting season are now closed. Applications will reopen in the summer for planting during winter 2026-2027.
Please contact info@nhsforest.org if you have any queries.
Our popular fully funded tree bundles come in three sizes:
- Small (30 trees in a bundle containing 3 species)
- Medium (60 trees in a bundle containing 5 species)
- Large (120 trees in a bundle containing 6 species)
We also have options for larger scale planting.
SInce the NHS Forest programme began we have planted nearly 160,000 trees. According to a recent survey 100% of applicants were ‘very satisfied’ or ‘satisfied’ with the trees we provided.
The tree planting season runs from November to March. All trees, tree guards and mulch mats are completely free of charge for healthcare sites.
Check to see if your site is eligible.
Not sure how many trees you can fit on your site? It’s probably more than you think. Read our handy guide to find out.
When I came here as a patient, the gardens, the green spaces really made me feel like there was a light at the end of the tunnel, because when you’re in a hospital environment, it’s very clinical, it’s quite scary. I think nature and the outside can have a real big effect during a patient’s journey; it certainly did for me.
Juliet Fitzpatrick Former patient at Mount Vernon Cancer Centre
Why plant trees on healthcare sites?
Planting trees on healthcare sites creates better places to live and work. Trees provide privacy and seclusion for staff and patients, cool buildings, provide cleaner air, create habitats for native wildlife and store carbon. Want to know more about why planting trees on healthcare sites is important? Read our blog about why humans need trees for health or visit our evidence database with links to the latest green space research.
How do the schemes work?
Once you have completed the online form for the trees you want, we will try to provide trees to all those who would like them. This is on a first come, first served basis. We will confirm orders beforehand. At that point you will need to complete a tree agreement form confirming that the land where trees will be planted is not scheduled for development in the next ten years, and that you take responsibility for planting and ongoing maintenance. Trees will be delivered to your site between November 2025 and March 2026.
Our guidance pack has everything you need to know about tree planting. You can also find further information on our Frequently Asked Questions page.
Ordered your trees and want to know what to do next? Read about how to start planning for your tree delivery.
Tree planting and carbon offsetting
We do not offer NHS Forest trees as part of carbon offsetting initiatives – we explain why here.
If you would like to support our work but are not able to plant trees, you can sponsor a tree for the NHS Forest.