Take action as a landowner
Plant trees on your land today
City of Trees has a wealth of knowledge and experience and is a trusted partner to plant millions of trees – all to take action on the climate and biodiversity emergency in Greater Manchester. As the community forest for Greater Manchester, we work across all ten boroughs as well as delivering projects on the fringes of the city region. We’re also interested to hear from landowners wanting to explore woodland management opportunities on their site.
We have funding secured through the Government’s Nature for Climate Fund to support more tree planting for the Greater Manchester area, on including farmland in the region.
Who do we work with?
We work with individuals and groups from all areas and sectors – public or private – from schools, local authorities, housing associations, developers and farmers, to sports ground and hospital sites. Funding is available now to support landowners plant trees on their land. The funding will pay for the cost of supplying and planting the trees and associated materials. Below are just a few examples of the types of landowners we have planted with.
Housing providers
We will work with your policy, sustainability, arboreal, corporate property and planning teams to support the identification of potential woodland creation areas and opportunities to plant standard (larger) trees, community orchards and hedges.
Our team will survey suggested sites and produce site-specific reports outlining suggested planting specs and plans alongside data to support your deliverables in climate strategy plans.
Farmers
For farmers, we offer our Farmers Resilience Fund, offering farmers a fixed figure per hectare of woodland created for a period of ten years. The fund is highly flexible with no minimum or maximum size requirements.
The new woodlands are planned and designed in partnership with the farmer. This ensures that the new trees make the maximum contribution to the farm business and its future resilience.
