Our plan to plant an additional three million trees by 2030
We're donating 600,000 trees annually
Help us plant 3 million trees by 2030
We want to engage with organisations and landowners who can help us plant an additional 3 million trees. We only have enough room for less than 10% on our estate. That's why we'll be donating up to 600,000 whips on an annual basis. We have a supply of UK native trees from a variety of species.
Read more information and criteria for successful submissions.
To apply, please visit the Tree Council's website.
We'll be taking applications continuously through to the last planting season in 2028 to 2029. We'll try to respond to all applicants within 6 weeks.
Last year we announced an exciting new initiative to plant 3 million trees across England by 2030.
We partnered with The Tree Council charity and Greenwood Plants to help find homes for 3 million new trees we have pledged to plant in communities by 2030.
The first batch of trees are now ready to be planted between November 2024 and March 2025.
We are donating trees to a diverse range of projects this year.
Some are small, community-based initiatives, like Woodrush School in Birmingham. The school has previously planted hedgerow and shelterbelts to create a community tree nursery and willow enterprise. This enterprise is part of this school’s remarkable ability to introduce students to green careers. Students can work towards a City & Guilds Horticulture qualification and the school offers an extracurricular gardening club.
As part of this year’s National Tree Week, The Tree Council, our team and a range of local volunteers will be:
- planting new ornamental trees to enrich the school’s existing shelterbelt
- weeding and mulching their established dogwood and willow propagation beds
- creating a dead hedge area alongside the school orchard, to enhance biodiversity
The Tree Council is the national charity that brings everyone together to plant and care for trees throughout the United Kingdom. It's helping us to gift the trees to places where they can have the most impact.
Greenwood Plants is one of the UK’s largest growers for the commercial sector. They will help us to grow millions of native trees from seed over a five-year period.
This partnership means we can work together to plant trees in locations where they will thrive and provide the most benefit for biodiversity, carbon and communities.
We’re donating up to 600,000 trees annually, all from Greenwood Plant’s supply of native trees from a variety of native and climate resilient species.
Native species, including Holly, Scots Pine, Oak, Rowan and Beech, will be grown peat-free at West Sussex and Cheshire nurseries. We've chosen trees that will provide seasonal interest through the year and blend well with surrounding natural environments.
Most trees will be supplied as two year old seedlings with exposed roots (no soil attached). These 'bareroot seedlings are easier to transport and quicker to plant and establish. We'll plant them between November and March.
The initiative demonstrates how low carbon initiatives can benefit both nature and communities.
Planting trees supports the UK Government tree planting targets, and our own aim to protect and strengthen the natural environment and community wellbeing.
Read more about our plans to meet net zero by 2050.
For more details and to express an interest in finding a home for some of the trees, visit the Tree Council website.
