Author Sarah Wheeler and poet Chris Cuninghame win the Urban Tree Festival’s writing competition and are declared Writers-in-Residence for the 2022 Festival.

Wherever you live, if you are interested in nature, health, wellbeing, literature and photography our new journal ‘Leaves’ may be of interest. If you live in Edinburgh and are also interested in the future of the Astley Ainslie Hospital site then this is most definitely an exciting publication for you.

What do we feel about urban trees? A psychogeographic survey

Trees – we love them! We co-habit with them, we are co-dependent on them, and we rely on each other, so it makes sense to gather information about how we feel about them, it’s a way of understanding this close relationship.

Learn more about Tamsin’s event and book now.

This campaign is to stop the demolition of Truslove House and the cutting down of mature trees on the highest treeline of London. Some of the mature trees in Central Hill go back to the time of the Great North Wood. Lambeth Council wish to cut down these trees to build high-rise housing that will destroy London's treeline forever.

By Rob Mcbride

The Darwin Oak, a 550year old ancient tree, near Shrewsbury, Darwin’s home town, is threatened with destruction by a new road scheme

This blog post offers a brief glimpse into the shared characteristics of trees and tales in anticipation of the Urban Tree Festival's numerous literary events.

Keeping trees close: Jane Atfield transforms her local trees into necklaces, building on sensory experiences and friendships.

A guest blog by Vivienne Barton

People living in Brighton and Hove can reel off a list of reasons why they like living here; the sea, the Downs; the city’s architecture, the Royal Pavilion, The Lanes with its quirky shops and winding alleyways. But few people will nominate trees as one of the city’s best assets. Yet Brighton has many world class trees which deserve to be much better known.

A look at the aims of campaign group Save London Trees - bringing together tree protection groups across London and pushing for a London-wide strategy to save mature trees

Nataliia Starikova interviews Bruce Saunders for the Urban Tree Festival

Saunders Seasonings is an award-winning timber business based in London and Essex, producing their own London-sourced low carbon hardwoods for businesses, makers and designers big and small.

Most of their timber comes from trees felled in and around London; trees that would otherwise be chipped and burned. Instead, they recycle and repurpose them, giving them a second life and ensuring the carbon stays in the wood.

See events on our 2021 program which are based in Edinburgh.

See events on our 2021 program which will benefit your wellbeing and mental health.

Canopy anthology of poetry and prose published today

Questions with Daniel Harwood

Find out more about Daniel and his event ‘The Nature Diary of an Elizabethan Gentlemen’

By Cerrato – Halls

‘Universal Species Suffrage’ is a fictional scenario that looks at how politics would change if all species could not only vote, but were given equal rights to humans. In the form of a role-playing workshop, participants enter this world as one of five species, voting on a series of issues and helping form the first non anthropocentric government.

A blog by Mel Sutton

Learn about the healing power of trees and how trees can help you to find calm in your busy day. Join Mel for Meditation with Trees every morning of the Festival.

A blog from Sustainable Life Birmingham

A free online tree identification walk around Ten Acres Park and Woodland in Stirchley Birmingham and some complimentary kids activity pages. Learn how to identify trees in spring and more.

A blog by Hayley Kinsey.

Let me tell you something that will blow your mind: trees are incredibly social. They communicate with each other, they share with each other, and they support each other.

We invited people to send in poetry and prose on the theme of “trees close to you” in a competition to win a spot in Canopy the illustrated chapbook anthology of nature writing that supports the Urban Tree Festival through sale proceeds, that is published by Sampson Low Publishers. Today we announce the long list!

entangle/embrace by Claudia Molitor is a new project that will become an outdoor and online performance event, taking place around, and inspired by trees. For the project's first research event we want to hear from you about your stories connected to either specific trees or a tree species. You can share your stories with us at the public ‘entangling’ of a score around a tree, or e-mail us your story.