Collect a free tree to plant in your garden!
Our Back Garden Forest project, funded by the Woodland Trust, will be giving away a free tree to residents in the following locations this winter:
Falmouth - 21st October
Truro - 25th October
Penzance - 26th October
Newquay - 11th November
Keep an eye out for further details.
Forest for Cornwall reaches a key milestone
The project has now supported the planting of more than 600,000 trees since the launch of the project! That's one tree for every resident of Cornwall. This means that over 600 hectares of trees have been planted in woodlands, parks, community green spaces, gardens and farms. The team now aim to plant a million trees by 2025.
Councillor Martyn Alvey, Cornwall’s cabinet member for environment and climate change, said:
“Everyone who has put on their wellies and helped put trees in the ground or planned activities for our Forest for Cornwall should be really proud that they contributed to this important project to tackle climate change and bring more nature into our communities. Reaching more than 600,000 trees across Cornwall is no mean feat and I want to thank everyone for doing their bit for the Forest for Cornwall."
Each tree on the map indicates a tree planting. This could be one tree in a garden or thousands to make a new woodland.
National Plant Health Week
National Plant Health Week (8 to 14 May) 2023 and the team at F4C are supporting local community and commercial nurseries to supply healthy trees for local tree planting projects.
Cornwall and the rest of the UK have been badly affected by a number of diseases that affect our favourite trees. This includes Phytophora pluvialis affecting Douglas fir and larch in the Glynn Valley and ash dieback which now affects the whole county.
In order to reduce the risks of imported and diseased trees being planted, F4C are exploring ways we can support businesses and communities to plant healthier tree stock.
We are supporting a number of local commercial tree nurseries with capital grants that will help with biosecurity. This includes the provision of cleaning stations, quarantine areas, and equipment to help with record keeping and labelling to improve traceability. We are encouraging and supporting these nurseries to apply for Woodland Trust’s UK and Ireland Sourced and Grown status.
You can help! If you go walking in woodlands and green spaces, make sure you clean off wellies and bike tyres to prevent the spread of diseases to new areas. You can also report any health issues to the Forestry Commission’s Tree Alert service, and the Observatree site has excellent images and descriptions of pests and diseases to help.
National Tree Week 2022 Events:
Community Tree Planting Day and Workshop at Heartlands, Pool - Thursday 1st December
Follow this link for more details and to register:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/forest-for-cornwall-community-tree-planting-workshop-tickets-452896905837
Landowners event at Cabilla, Bodmin with a focus on our new funding for Woodland creation and agroforestry - Friday 2nd December
Follow this link for more details and to register:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/forest-for-cornwall-new-funds-grants-event-for-landholders-tickets-452927366947
Woodland Creation Partnership funding
Forest for Cornwall has been successfully awarded new funding from Defra - read more about this on our Woodland Creation Partnership Funding page and see how it can help you plant trees.
At the Royal Cornwall Show
Forest for Cornwall was invited by the Duchy of Cornwall to spread the word about our programme at the Royal Cornwall Show. Our team enjoyed meeting many of you, answering questions and outlining how we can help you to get trees planted.
Tehidy Beech Tree Becomes Part of the Queen's Green Canopy
Forest for Cornwall is also working to preserve and enhance our precious existing woodlands, hedgerows and ancient trees. One of Cornwall's most famous ancient trees - the twisted beech at Tehidy Country Park has been named as part of a UK wide network of 70 ancient trees and woodlands being dedicated to the Queen in celebration of the Platinum Jubilee. The tree dates back to 1788 and is now part of the Queen's Green Canopy.
Councillor Martyn Alvey (cabinet member for environment and climate change for Cornwall Council) said "We want to celebrate our Twisted Beech to inspire others about the benefits of retaining ancient trees in our landscape for wildlife, people and absorbing carbon emissions and to educate people about how to care for older trees. This goes alongside our Forest for Cornwall aims to support our communities in planting more trees and hedgerows to help Cornwall become carbon neutral.”
Collect a free tree to plant in your garden!
Our Back Garden Forest project, funded by the Woodland Trust, will be giving away a free tree to residents in the following locations this winter:
Falmouth - 21st October
Truro - 25th October
Penzance - 26th October
Newquay - 11th November
Keep an eye out for further details.
Forest for Cornwall reaches a key milestone
The project has now supported the planting of more than 600,000 trees since the launch of the project! That's one tree for every resident of Cornwall. This means that over 600 hectares of trees have been planted in woodlands, parks, community green spaces, gardens and farms. The team now aim to plant a million trees by 2025.
Councillor Martyn Alvey, Cornwall’s cabinet member for environment and climate change, said:
“Everyone who has put on their wellies and helped put trees in the ground or planned activities for our Forest for Cornwall should be really proud that they contributed to this important project to tackle climate change and bring more nature into our communities. Reaching more than 600,000 trees across Cornwall is no mean feat and I want to thank everyone for doing their bit for the Forest for Cornwall."
Each tree on the map indicates a tree planting. This could be one tree in a garden or thousands to make a new woodland.
National Plant Health Week
National Plant Health Week (8 to 14 May) 2023 and the team at F4C are supporting local community and commercial nurseries to supply healthy trees for local tree planting projects.
Cornwall and the rest of the UK have been badly affected by a number of diseases that affect our favourite trees. This includes Phytophora pluvialis affecting Douglas fir and larch in the Glynn Valley and ash dieback which now affects the whole county.
In order to reduce the risks of imported and diseased trees being planted, F4C are exploring ways we can support businesses and communities to plant healthier tree stock.
We are supporting a number of local commercial tree nurseries with capital grants that will help with biosecurity. This includes the provision of cleaning stations, quarantine areas, and equipment to help with record keeping and labelling to improve traceability. We are encouraging and supporting these nurseries to apply for Woodland Trust’s UK and Ireland Sourced and Grown status.
You can help! If you go walking in woodlands and green spaces, make sure you clean off wellies and bike tyres to prevent the spread of diseases to new areas. You can also report any health issues to the Forestry Commission’s Tree Alert service, and the Observatree site has excellent images and descriptions of pests and diseases to help.
National Tree Week 2022 Events:
Community Tree Planting Day and Workshop at Heartlands, Pool - Thursday 1st December
Follow this link for more details and to register:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/forest-for-cornwall-community-tree-planting-workshop-tickets-452896905837
Landowners event at Cabilla, Bodmin with a focus on our new funding for Woodland creation and agroforestry - Friday 2nd December
Follow this link for more details and to register:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/forest-for-cornwall-new-funds-grants-event-for-landholders-tickets-452927366947
Woodland Creation Partnership funding
Forest for Cornwall has been successfully awarded new funding from Defra - read more about this on our Woodland Creation Partnership Funding page and see how it can help you plant trees.
At the Royal Cornwall Show
Forest for Cornwall was invited by the Duchy of Cornwall to spread the word about our programme at the Royal Cornwall Show. Our team enjoyed meeting many of you, answering questions and outlining how we can help you to get trees planted.
Tehidy Beech Tree Becomes Part of the Queen's Green Canopy
Forest for Cornwall is also working to preserve and enhance our precious existing woodlands, hedgerows and ancient trees. One of Cornwall's most famous ancient trees - the twisted beech at Tehidy Country Park has been named as part of a UK wide network of 70 ancient trees and woodlands being dedicated to the Queen in celebration of the Platinum Jubilee. The tree dates back to 1788 and is now part of the Queen's Green Canopy.
Councillor Martyn Alvey (cabinet member for environment and climate change for Cornwall Council) said "We want to celebrate our Twisted Beech to inspire others about the benefits of retaining ancient trees in our landscape for wildlife, people and absorbing carbon emissions and to educate people about how to care for older trees. This goes alongside our Forest for Cornwall aims to support our communities in planting more trees and hedgerows to help Cornwall become carbon neutral.”
