Learning
Check out our latest news, case studies and interviews, as well as educational pieces on all things urban trees.
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Unplugged And Outside: Boosting Family Mental Health The Natural Way
2 February 2024
Volunteer writer, Gabrielle Donnelly, shares her experience of being a parent and discovering the healing and calming effect nature has on her family.
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How Learning Outside Improves Wellbeing
1 February 2024
We want to highlight how beneficial it can be for children to have the opportunity to learn outside and connect to the environment and nature.
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How Urban Trees Can Impact Wellbeing at Scale
14 January 2024
How surrounding yourself with nature and urban trees has a positive impact on our health and well-being at scale.
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5 reasons to make spending time with trees your New Year’s resolution
4 January 2024
Trees provide us with a myriad of benefits, learn how and why to tap into the power of trees for 2024
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WATCH: How to make your own bird feeder
20 December 2023
Winter is the most challenging season for our feathery friends - so why not give your local birds a feast to help them through the colder months?
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How the UK’s new Tree Equity Score map can be the basis for change
6 December 2023
How we can best utilise the Tree Equity Score UK map, created to help address disparities in urban tree distribution.
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The power of planting trees and sharing stories
13 November 2023
Storyteller Bernadette Russell started volunteering with us in 2018 and soon became a Tree Planting Supervisor, one of her favourite things to do.
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The Importance of Urban Green Spaces on Our Mental Health
9 October 2023
On World Mental Health Day, we celebrate urban trees, parks and green spaces and the ways they have helped us to cope with mental health issues.
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The importance of urban parks and green spaces
28 July 2023
Urban parks and green spaces are important for our physical and mental health and well-being.
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New green playgrounds help mitigate flood risk
20 July 2023
We've been working with Leicester schools to revamp their playgrounds with new gardens and trees as part of a natural approach to managing localised flood risk.
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Why it’s so important to water young urban trees
16 June 2023
Find out how Trees for Cities is keeping our newly planted trees alive during the summer months through watering - and how you can help out too!
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How urban trees can help migratory birds
1 June 2023
Lets delve into the extensive research out there that analyses the connection between urban trees and migratory birds.