Breathing life
into your
neighbourhood
We are the only UK charity working at a national and international scale to improve lives by creating greener cities.
We get stuck in with our dedicated volunteers to cultivate lasting change in neighbourhoods – whether it’s revitalising forgotten spaces, creating healthier environments or growing food with kids.
Our impact
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840,000
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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A leafy world of magic and wonder: Interview with Peter Fiennes
9 July 2018
Gurnam Bubber went to London’s first Urban tree festival and a tree walk with a difference where she sat down with author and tree enthusiast Peter Fiennes.
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A day on Wimbledon Common with Peter Fiennes
25 June 2018
This May heralded London’s first ever Urban tree Festival. Gurnam Bubber tagged along on author Peter Fiennes’ magical Tree walk on Wimbledon Common.
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Our planting season: In numbers
1 June 2018
This season we’ve yet again done what we do best: planted trees, spruced up cities and created Edible Playground so kids can grow and sow their own healthy food.