Reports, research, and resources
- Friends of the Earth – Access to green space in England – Are you missing out?
- Trees in Hard Landscapes: A Guide for Delivery
- The London Tree Map
- London’s Urban Forest: A Guide for Designers, Planners and Developers Feb 2011
- LTOA Vacant Tree Pits in London Report
- Trees Matter – Why we need more trees in towns and cities
- Grey To Green – A Guide To Community-Led Depaving Projects
Articles
- Let’s plant a million trees and make London a true urban forest
- Trees in our cities: 10 Reasons We Need To Plant More
Books to inspire
The Power of Just Doing Stuff
by Rob Hopkins
Relevant organisations
Trees for Cities
A leading charity promoting well-being through planting trees and plants in cities across the UK and worldwide.
Also a joint partner in the Trees for Streets scheme.
https://www.treesforcities.org/
Start with Local
A civic innovation agency, specialising in designing and delivering complex projects in the local space.
Also a joint partner in the Trees for Streets scheme.
https://www.startwithlocal.org.uk/
Woodland Trust
A leading tree charity with a focus is on planting new woodland.
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/
The Tree Council
A leading charity with the aim of promoting engagement with trees.
Arboricultural Association
A membership organisation for those in the arboricultural world. Promoting best practice.
The Trees and Design Action Group (TDAG)
A group committed promoting awareness of the role of trees in the built environment through research.
The London Tree Officers Association (LTOA)
The organisation that represents London council tree officers. It aims to promote, support and enhance the urban forest and those who manage it.
The Association of Tree Officers (ATO)
The organisation that represents UK council tree officers.
The Northern Forest
An exciting project working to deliver a forest of 50 million trees across the North of England
https://thenorthernforest.org.uk/
Community Forest Trust
Promoting favourable policy towards woodlands and forests and engaging in planting and restoring woodlands and forests.
https://www.communityforest-trust.org/
Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (Defra)
The government department with responsibility for the environment
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs
Forestry Commission
The Forestry Commission, is a non-ministerial government department which has the objective of increasing the value of woodlands to society and the environment. It is also involved in the urban forests.
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/forestry-commission
Trees Cities of the World
The Tree Cities of the World programme, run by Arbor Day, is committed to inspiring cities and towns to care for and celebrate their urban tree canopy.
https://treecitiesoftheworld.org/
Street trees for living
Street Trees for Living is an independent charity promoting community involvement in the planting and care of street trees in the London Borough of Lewisham.
