If you visit the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, on the edge of London, you will see a brightly painted skeleton of a dead oak ...

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Communities can access up to £40,000 to plant trees in parks and playgrounds or orchards, as part of a £2.5 million ...

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The Major Oak is thought to have stood for more than 1,000 years in the heart of Nottinghamshire's Sherwood Forest.

Giant redwoods - the world's largest trees - are flourishing in the UK, a study has found. The trees, which were first brought to the UK about 160 years ago, are growing at a similar rate to those ...

The arrival of new plant pests and diseases is likely to severely damage UK trees and woodlands in the coming decades, new research shows. The arrival of new plant pests and diseases is likely to ...

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The Feanedock Oak stands out so clearly in Derbyshire’s section of the National Forest, you’d think it was calling to you. Surrounded by open fields, hawthorn hedges and young beech forest, a majestic ...