Woodland Creation

Protect Earth helps landowners across the UK by offering expert advice, finding volunteers, planting trees, and checking on them annually to ensure good progress.

Droughts in the UK are nothing new—on average, we face one every 5 to 10 years. But lately, the frequency and severity of these dry spells are increasing, and that’s a big deal for the 140,000+...

Screech Owl Sanctuary secured woodland creation funding and invited Protect Earth for a bit of tree planting. Our response was somewhere between gleeful and muddy.

The 2024/25 season wrapped up with 37,417 saplings planted across 55.85 acres - a 14% increase on last season despite government funding delays.

Many are divided on natural habitat restoration methods: natural regeneration versus the interventionist approach of planning species and creating woodlands.

Protect Earth completed planting 11,000 saplings in Nannerch, North Wales—one of our most significant projects to restore habitats and boost biodiversity.

Your young woodlands are raring to go—pushing out of their guards, stretching skyward, and ready to boost biodiversity. Now, how do you care for them, from saplings to thriving woodland members?

When saplings went to the wrong address and volunteers didn't show up, circumstances couldn't stop us. We still planted 800 trees in Mid-Wales.

One in six species is currently at risk of vanishing from Wales, which has seen a 20% decrease on average in its wildlife over the last 30 years.

After the December storms that battered the UK, walking through favourite trails in West Wales revealed stark aftermath—fallen trees littered the landscape.

Putting Labour's budget to the test: Are environmental promises adding up? Exploring whether financial plans support nature-friendly farming and habitat restoration.

Two years ago, Protect Earth bought 70 acres of overgrazed hillside on Goytre Hill, near Knighton in Mid-Wales, to create a new woodland.

Marking our first planting north of the border, Protect Earth planted 2,675 native saplings across 1.5 acres of East Ayrshire farmland to create shelterbelts and woodlands.

UK's environmental industry criticizes slow tree planting progress. Government targets aren't met, grant applications are too complex, and landowners lack knowledge.

With the new planting season just around the corner, there's much to be hopeful about as we roll out plans to restore habitats, strengthen biodiversity, and engage local communities. Let's look at...

Many people, concerned citizens with good intentions to plant trees and tackle the climate crisis, often encounter problems when attempting to access available government funding to help them fund...

Green plastic square tubes stand thigh-high on every tree-planting project. Let's examine these guards, their purpose, materials, and what happens when they're no longer needed.

Tree planting versus natural regeneration discussions regularly pop up online. Some say tree planting is bad, when they mean bad tree planting is bad.

The 2023/24 planting season has ended. Let's recap our intentions and what was planted, reflecting on another year of creating native broadleaf woodlands.

Greenery and green space impact our mental and physical health. We examine Park Avenue Recruitment's team outing and the benefits of green spaces.

Newly planted trees are vulnerable to all seasonal elements. Protect Earth nurses saplings through spring and summer to ensure they thrive in UK weather extremes.

Help and support from the Protect Earth community comes in many forms at different times. Andrew Gifford lent support in an urgent time of need!

Protect Earth partnered with boutique hotel group Exclusive Collection to plant 3,985 saplings across three properties, creating greener, healthier landscapes.

The owner of a paddocks and stables in North Devon wanted to convert their unused land by introducing small bursts of woodlands and hedging encouraging greater biodiversity on their site.

Now that Protect Earth has been planting for a few years, we're revisiting some of our very first projects that are 2-3 years old to review progress.

As biodiversity decreases in the UK, looking at where and how it can be recovered is essential. The 3/30/300 model proposes increased urban green space, boosting biodiversity and communal wellbeing.

Flooding in the UK is increasing! Trees serve as a natural flood defence and, if enough are planted, can even prevent flooding. Read on for more!

Trees do great things. But, with 36% of the UK’s wooded areas being non-native conifer trees - the benefits of these trees is very limited. Biodiverse woodlands and areas are homes that bring a range

Natural colonisation or tree-planting? They’re not mutually exclusive, but are friends in the same tool kit to grow and create green spaces.

How closely together should trees be planted? What’s the optimal balance between guaranteeing a healthy forest and a healthy return (if planting for profit)? While there are some general guides, as us

We work with land small holders to support them turning their small holding into a woodlands. Protect Earth can consult to ensure the right mix of trees, identify sources of funding, and help out to p

A supporter initiative creating sapling grow bags to help young trees establish and thrive.

Tree planting is a very effective and essential tool within all the activities we should be doing to responsibly manage and protect the earth. And, with so many cooks in the kitchen and food critics w

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We plant saplings because they’re small but mighty. They’ve gone through the tough process of germination, and unlike trees you’ll find at garden centres they’re not huge and expensive. If we had to...

The heatwave last summer took its toll on reforestation projects all over the UK, with loses exceeding usual for a young woodland.

Fancy getting your hands dirty and doing your bit to put a dent in the climate crisis? Come and help us plant a whole load of trees.

The autumn and winter are some of the best times to plant trees. Especially for us, where we plant thousands of trees.

Here’s what we’ve been up to lately.

While hunting for land to buy, we've been busy planning 100,000 trees for the 2021/22 season through site visits, contracts and grant applications.

A forester joked "Planting a tree is step 42 of forestry", and it is by no means the last step. Now that spring is here, these young saplings need all the water and nutrients they can get, but grass a

Getting ready to plant 500 trees near Llandrindod Wells at Pantpurlais farm, working with the Forestry Commission, Woodland Trust, and funded by Ecologi.

The day we got to start planting felt like it would never come, but our first batch of trees arrived on Sands Farm! We picked up 100 Oak saplings on Friday, which were part of a few thousand that...

After the fundraising adventure to Croatia, getting everything ready for planting season. First land-owner planting project in Dyrham ready for 3,000 trees.