by Holly Chapman | Jul 28, 2026 | Events and Awards, News, Trees and woodland
This year’s Tree of the Year features 10 of the UK’s toughest trees, each having faced monumental hits, having been given the theme ‘against the odds’. These arboreal miracles have faced plane crashes, Dutch elm disease, diggers, the English Civil War and... 
by Edward Brown | Feb 24, 2026 | Long reads, Magazine
From client advice to community engagement, arborists are leading a paradigm shift to preserve and defend the essential role of urban trees. Naturally, for a long time, the arboriculture industry has been defined by a simple, utilitarian... 
by Edward Brown | Oct 27, 2025 | News
A new report has suggested that the UK government’s Net Zero Strategy, which requires 40,000 hectares of trees to be planted annually by 2030, is likely to be held back by barriers to domestic tree production. The Strong Roots report, published earlier this month, was... 
by Edward Brown | Jun 26, 2025 | News
New research indicates that natural selection is breeding tree resilience to ash dieback. In 2012, Ash dieback, caused by the fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, arrived in Britain, prompting a government COBRA meeting. Since then, the disease has spread across the UK,... 
by Edward Brown | Jun 11, 2025 | News, Trees and woodland
In a new report, the Woodland Trust cautions that the UK must dramatically enhance the condition and extent of its woodlands to address declining wildlife and climate change. This week, the Woodland Trust released its State of the UK’s Woods and Trees report. In the...
