Tree News – Tree of the year

A forum for sharing and promoting tree news around Europe.

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....

It’s been an eventful century for “the tree of Romania”

In the heart of the Apuseni Mountains, the Tree of the Year contest helps tree-lovers to join forces and save a plane tree in Câmpeni, a symbol of community and national unity, from being felled....

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....

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. ...

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...

Helping trees in need - it's easy as A, B, C

Look up. Can you see the trees? If you are in Europe, you will have more trees to see than in the UK, which has less than 15% woodland cover. And even with such low coverage, protection for our trees ...