Help and guidance for your project
Forest for Cornwall has dedicated funding for new tree planting projects. It has created a range of useful resources to help get projects off the ground. Please have a look at the following information to see what help is available:
- Free trees and lists of additional funding available for tree planting schemes
- An example of a small scale woodland management plan
- An example of a large scale woodland management plan
- Template for a woodland management plan
- Tree planting guidance
- Tree species suggestion list
- Local tree nurseries that supply UK sourced and grown trees
- UK nurseries that supply UK sourced and grown trees
- Information on Contaminated land
- Community Orchards guidance
- List of apple and fruit users for excess crops from orchard trees
- Parish canopy maps (by request)
- Trees in the Cornish landscape
- The importance of Cornish hedges (Cornwall AONB)
Utilities Checks
If you are planting trees it is essential to carry out the necessary utilities checks. We have outlined some guidance to assist you with this.
How to collect seeds, grow, plant and care for trees
- Some useful guidance can be found at ASH Handbook (tcv.org.uk)
- How to Plant Trees - Plant Trees - Woodland Trust
- Tree planting guidance
- Right Tree Right Place - (cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk)
- The Hungry Games with Goats: Introducing the contenders to the arena. - Dartington Trust - trials of different tree protection for agroforestry
- Assessing the health of your hedgerows advice
- Tree Council tree planting guide
- Young tree establishment guide (Arboricultural Association)
Choosing the Right Tree for the Right Place
- Recommended species for Cornwall
- UK native trees and shrubs in Cornwall
- Tree-planting-guide-2019-updates_1.pdf (treecouncil.org.uk)
- Trees and shrubs | Cornwall Wildlife Trust
- RHS Plant Finder / RHS Gardening – useful for choosing which tree to plant in your location.
Tree and Woodland Organisations & Initiatives
- UK's Largest Woodland Conservation Charity - Woodland Trust
- Emergency Tree Plan: How to Increase Tree Cover - Woodland Trust
- Where Do Our Trees Come From? - Woodland Trust
- What We Do | Ancient Tree Forum
- Ancient Tree Inventory - Woodland Trust
- Public urged to Plant For Our Planet in a new campaign launched today - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
- What we do - The Tree Council
- Get Involved - The Queen’s Green Canopy (queensgreencanopy.org)
- Forest Research - Forest Research
- The Cornwall Parish Tree Warden Scheme - Cornwall Council
- (20+) Cornwall Woodmeet | Facebook
- Working Woodlands Cornwall – Creating a thriving woodland sector for Cornwall