The Woodland Trust is the UK’s leading woodland conservation charity. By acquiring sites and campaigning for woodland, they aim to conserve, restore and re-establish native woodland to its former glory. Currently they own and care for over 1,000 woods, covering over 50,000 acres.
Summer of Hugs
Join the Woodland Trust in its Summer of Hugs and help to record ancient and veteran trees across the country.
Over the past year Caravan Club members across the UK have been helping to find and record ancient trees as part of the Ancient Tree Hunt.
Now you can join the nostalgia for the peace and love of the sixties by hugging old, fat trees - a simple way to measure the status of a tree.
By recording your fat old tree discovery, you can celebrate these wonderful natural monuments as part of the ‘Summer of Hugs’.
Ancient trees are found in parkland or hedgerows, on field margins and along old lanes. Old trees associated with woodland, are most likely to be on the edge of ancient wood boundaries.
There are estimated to be more ancient trees in the UK than anywhere else in Northern Europe, yet there’s no official record of where they are, how many there are, and unlike old buildings, they have no protection.
The Ancient Tree Hunt is a five-year project involving conservation groups, landowners and the general public to make it a success. It’s creating a comprehensive living database of ancient trees - the first step towards cherishing them.
To find out how to hug a tree, how to record them and where to go to find them visit www.ancienttreehunt.org.uk.