Stories
Check out our latest news, case studies and interviews, as well as educational pieces on all things urban trees.
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Staff Stories: Bolaji's Traineeship Journey
16 June 2025
Forestry Roots trainee, Bolaji Lemboye, shares her experience working as an Urban Forest Trainee at Trees For Cities.
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Inclusive Climate Action with Sensory Trust
28 May 2025
Climate action inclusivity is vital if we want to make our world a greener, healthier place to live. So what does that look like, and why is it so important?
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Generations Growing Together in Keighley
30 April 2025
In Keighley, we've been working with local groups of all ages to co-design and plant a woodland - not just to grow trees, but to grow a stronger community.
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Co-designing Queen's Park Primary School with pupils
28 April 2025
Queen’s Park Primary School playground was very concrete-heavy and in dire need of green space for outdoor education and recreation, so we transformed it!
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Hartlepool project to address town-wide low tree cover
1 April 2025
Tree Equity for Hartlepool will help combat the town's low canopy cover which is well below the national average.
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How to create a woodland
20 March 2025
What goes into designing a brand new woodland? Volunteers Charlene and Kelsey wondered exactly this, so we invited them to interview our Urban Forest experts.
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Interview with Urban Forest Director Suzanne
7 March 2025
To mark International Women’s Day, Suzanne Simmons, Urban Forest Director at Trees for Cities shares how far the forestry sector has come.
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Interview with Youth Programme Manager Megan
7 March 2025
For International Women’s Day, HortWeek speaks to our Youth Programme Manager, Megan Akerman, on how we're engaging young people with the urban forestry sector.
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27 New UK Tree Cities of the World
4 March 2025
A record number of UK towns and cities have been awarded Tree Cities of the World status for their leading work in urban forestry.
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Sponsor Stories: 8-year-old eco warrior Zelda
18 February 2025
Zelda loves trees and the outdoors, so she decided for her 8th birthday she was going to fundraise for more trees!
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5 top urban street trees we plant
27 January 2025
What trees get planted in our concrete jungles and why? Here's 5 commonly planted trees you can spot in towns and cities.
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Volunteer Stories: Why Akshay keeps coming back
14 January 2025
Long-time volunteer Akshay shares why his volunteer experiences at our tree planting days - come rain or shine - feel magical.