A single young tree growing out of an old stump in a dark forest.

Canopy

Ten thousand trees along eleven miles of river, planted by hand

A small trust and a lot of winter Saturdays. Four thousand one hundred in so far. Come and put in the next ones.

Join a planting day

Where we are

4,108 of 10,000

Oak, alder, willow, hawthornnative only

Miles of bank planted4.5 of 11

Saplings that survived year one86 in 100

Volunteers who came backmost of them

A young tree with bright green leaves growing from an old stump against a black background.

Planting days this winter

Volunteers kneeling to plant young trees in a woodland clearing.

Saturday 16 November

Mill meadow bank

Four hundred willow whips. Children very welcome.

Two smiling volunteers in gloves holding spades.

Saturday 7 December

Below the weir

Oak and hawthorn, on a steep bank. Good boots.

A woman in a wide hat planting a sapling in an open field with others behind.

Saturday 11 January

The long field

Six hundred mixed. Soup at one, from the farm.

Before a planting day

Boots and gloves

Waterproof boots, gardening gloves, clothes you don't mind. We have spare gloves in three sizes.

The spade question

Bring one if you have one. If not, we have forty, and every one of them has a name painted on the handle.

If it rains

We plant. Trees like rain. We only cancel for frozen ground or high wind, and we text by seven.

How long

Ten until one. Come for an hour or all three; sign the sheet so we know who to thank.

A hand pressing a tiny tree seedling into dark soil next to a paper sack.
Two pairs of hands planting a small fern-like sapling in soil.