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  We are City of Trees. We plant trees, look after trees and promote a culture of trees – rooted in Greater Manchester.
- Our urban forest
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  We are City of Trees. We plant trees, look after trees and promote a culture of trees – rooted in Greater Manchester.
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  We believe in trees to create better, greener places, to boost health and wellbeing and for nature recovery.
- Woodland management
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Our Urban Forest

Growing Greater Manchester’s Urban Forest

As the Community Forest for the second largest urban area in the country, we’re well-placed to champion the benefits of the urban forest. We know the woodlands in the region aren’t always the largest – but that’s okay.

For us, it’s about bringing more trees to the places where people live, integrating green infrastructure into the fabric of Greater Manchester, and helping to foster connection to those trees where we live and work.

Find out more about our tree planting in Greater Manchester

All Our Trees - Greater Manchester's Forest Plan

Read our Urban Forest Plan for Greater Manchester

Where is the urban forest?

Greater Manchester’s urban forest is all around us – on our streets, in our parks, on previously derelict land, and in our peri-urban areas. Our forest includes broadleaved mixed woodlands, ancient woodlands, clough woodlands and wet woodlands, upland oak woodlands and wood pasture. These sit alongside veteran and notable trees and newly planted trees.

Our urban forest is the nature that’s right on the doorsteps of the people who live in Greater Manchester, that’s why access to good woodlands and good quality of greenspace is vital – we know the benefits it brings! Our urban forest thrives when we’re connected.

See where we’ve recently planted trees in Greater Manchester

Want to help grow and nurture our urban forest?

October 5, 2026

10:00 am

Citizen Forester Hedge Laying at William Wroe, Trafford

William Wroe, 269 Church Rd, Urmston, Manchester M41 6EP

Join us for a day of hedge laying and become a Citizen Forester with City of Trees!

October 6, 2026

10:30 am

Daisy Nook Species Monitoring – Waxcap Survey Workshop

Daisy Nook Garden Centre Stannybrook Road Failsworth M35 9WJ

Join us to survey one of the six flagship species across the Medlock Valley as part of a nature restoration project!

October 8, 2026

10:00 am

Citizen Forester Habitat Management at William Wroe, Trafford

William Wroe, 269 Church Rd, Urmston, Manchester M41 6EP

Join us for a day of habitat management and become a Citizen Forester with City of Trees!