Breathing life
into your
neighbourhood
We are the only UK charity working at a national and international scale to improve lives by planting trees in cities.
We get stuck in with local communities to cultivate lasting change in their neighbourhoods – whether it’s revitalising forgotten spaces, creating healthier environments or getting people excited about growing, foraging and eating healthy food.
Our impact
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1000001
That's how many trees we've planted to date.
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72,975
with almost 73,000 taking root this year
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4,713
Over 4,000 volunteers got stuck into tree planting
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1,787
including 1,787 taking part in corporate volunteering days
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11,238
over 11,000 school kids have learned about trees and healthy eating this year
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21
and we delivered projects in 21 cities in the UK.
Latest stories
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How London’s Second Most Polluted Primary School is going from Grey to Green
19 June 2019
On 14th June, we celebrated the launch of St Paul’s CE Primary School’s “Grey Goes Green” Woodland - the first Planting Healthy Air in Schools project by Trees for Cities.
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Check out what we did this planting season
13 June 2019
Our planting season was bigger and better than ever before. We even hit one of our biggest milestones yet: planting one million trees in cities! 💪
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How to make an urban garden bee-friendly
12 June 2019
Bad news: the bees are struggling. Good news: city-dwellers can help! Even a small garden patch can be a sanctuary for bees. Here are some tips to get you started.