The Tree Council was founded in 1974 in the United Kingdom, and became a
registered charity
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in 1978. Its primary objective is to act as an
umbrella organisation
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for local groups involved in the planting, care and conservation of trees throughout the United Kingdom, and followed the successful government-sponsored
Plant A Tree In '73 campaign.
The charity is based at
Canada Water
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, Surrey Quays, London. Its initiatives include:
* In 2002, selecting
50 Great British Trees to honour the Queen's
Golden Jubilee
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Bangladesh
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of accession to the throne
* Supporting the UK government's
Big Tree Plant campaign, which planted one million trees between 2011 and 2015
* Supporting the 2017
Charter for Trees, Woods and People
Since 2017, the Woodland Trust has led 70 United Kingdom organizations in the call for a Charter for Trees, Woods and People.
History
The Charter of the Forest was first signed on 6 November 1217 as a sister charter to the Magna Carta from whi ...
* Supporting the
Queen's Green Canopy
The Queen's Green Canopy (QGC) was an initiative that began in May 2021 in the United Kingdom in honour of the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II in 2022. To increase and protect the native tree cover, people were urged to create this 'speci ...
to mark her
Platinum Jubilee
A platinum jubilee is a celebration held to mark an anniversary. Among monarchies, it usually refers to a 70th anniversary.
The most recent monarch to celebrate a platinum jubilee is Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and the other Co ...
in 2022
* Organising National Tree Week in November each year
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Notable people
Landscape architect and garden designer
Sylvia Crow was the organisation's chairman between 1974 and 1976.
See also
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The Tree Register
The Tree Register, or more fully, the Tree Register of the British Isles (T.R.O.B.I.), is a registered charity collating and updating a database of notable trees throughout Britain and Ireland. It comprises a computer database which in 2022 conta ...
References
External links
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Environmental organisations based in the United Kingdom
Trees of the United Kingdom
Environmental organizations established in 1974
1974 establishments in the United Kingdom
Environmental charities based in the United Kingdom