This scheme promotes the planting of trees in neighbourhoods, high streets, outside schools and in urban parks.

Most councils will let you make the selection of a viable street location for the tree you are sponsoring.

Some councils will offer a comprehensive list of pre-vetted locations to choose from. All this information will be provided on this website for each council’s own scheme.

Many locations our sponsors choose are suitable for a tree, but occasionally a chosen location isn’t optimal for new planting. What would prevent the council from planting a tree in a location could be:

The proximity of services, like underground cables and pipes
A nearby lamp post or telephone pole
A pavement that is too narrow to fit a tree
A drop kerb
A pedestrian crossing

The easiest place to plant a street tree is into an existing empty tree pit or a grass verge. Some councils may be happy to create a new tree pit into a hard surface, but may ask for a contribution from you to do so.

Please note, Trees for Streets promotes schemes on behalf of individual councils. Each council will run their scheme slightly differently.