Tree News – Tree of the year

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Ancient Trees Becoming a Thing of the Past

The demise of a massive, eleven-meter girth oak tree, the Buttington Oak, has sparked discussion about action that must be taken to adequately protect such ancient treasures of the countryside....

Road widening threatens Dutch Tree of the Year 2019

Even after surviving the construction of a highway, this 180-year-old tree is still in peril. Plans to create another lane on the road that the tree has stood in the center of for 30 years, propose it...

Britain's disappearing forests

With Britain being one of the least-wooded countries in all of Europe, trees and woodlands in the U.K. are finally getting the attention they deserve. ...

Too Much Attention for the Beloved Broccoli Tree?

You can’t un-saw a tree. And you can’t un-see one either. Though the beloved Broccoli Tree was destroyed by vandals, its memory lives on....

How to plant trees, without lifting a finger

It appears to be common knowledge (to most anyway) that planting more trees is a pretty good idea. They are not only beautiful, they can produce ‘free food’ of fruit and nuts, they c...

England's ancient woodlands and trees are given greater protection, or are they?

In July this year, England’s National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) was published, a policy document concerned with how best to build new housing in the country. Extra protection has be...