Land management and tree planting

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Volunteers collect over 11m rare seeds for nature restoration work in Scotland

The project launched in 2023 with an initial target of collecting one million seeds. A 100 dedicated volunteers have collected the rare and precious seeds by hand from remote locations – enabling an estimated 7.8 million trees to be grown for woodland restoration projects in Scotland.

George Anderson  •  01 Jul 2026

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Free trees for schools and communities 

We're giving free trees to schools and communities in celebration of the Woodland Trust Northern Ireland's 30th anniversary. 

Michelle McCaughtry  •  25 Jun 2026

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First carbon cash flows to community landowner in Assynt

Community owners of highland estates have received the first payment in a ground-breaking deal that sees them receive carbon income for native woods created by the Woodland Trust Scotland. 

George Anderson  •  17 Jun 2026

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Mae 'anialithau Coed' Cymru yn gadael Cymunedau agored i llygredd, gwres ac iechyd wael, meddai Coed Cadw, y Woodland Trust yng nghymru

Mae ymchwil gan elusen cadwraeth coetiroedd fwyaf y DU yn datgelu anghydraddoldebau llym o ran mynediad at y manteision y mae coed trefol yn eu darparu.

Inigo Atkin  •  22 May 2026

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Woodland Trust tee up Bradford City to green up training ground

Bradford City Football Club and the Woodland Trust have teamed up to show how easy it is for sports clubs to get involved in the charity’s hugely successful free trees scheme.

Owen Phillips  •  15 May 2026

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Trees in the Scottish economy

Scotland’s economy ultimately depends on the health of its natural environment. From farming and crofting to forestry, tourism and rural enterprise, thriving landscapes underpin livelihoods across the country – and trees sit at the heart of that relationship.

Kate Fry  •  23 Apr 2026

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Save Scotland's rainforests

Scotland’s rainforest is bursting with a unique variety of flora and fauna. It is a habitat like no other, yet for many years it has come under sustained pressure from human activity.

Simon Ritchie  •  07 Apr 2026

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Expand Scotland’s native woodland

Scotland’s native woodlands are one of our greatest national assets. Yet, despite their importance, efforts to create new woodland are simply too slow. We're calling on the Scottish Government to change that.

Kate Fry  •  31 Mar 2026

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1.7+ million trees planted on crofts 

A scheme to help crofters create native woods has planted over 1.7 million trees in the last decade and established forestry as part of the crofting landscape. 

George Anderson  •  24 Mar 2026

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Ysgol Plas Coch leads the way on tree equity thanks to Woodland Trust support

Ysgol Plas Coch in Wrexham has taken meaningful action to improve its local environment by planting new trees with support from the Woodland Trust’s Emergency Tree Fund.

Sophie Thomas  •  04 Dec 2025