First held in 1975, National Tree Week, celebrated this year between 27 November and 05 December, is the UK’s largest tree celebration annually, launching the start of the winter tree planting season.

National Tree Week is a great chance for communities to do something positive for their local treescape. Each year, Tree Council member organisations such as voluntary bodies and local authorities, up to 200 schools and community groups, 8,000 Tree Wardens and many others, support the initiative by setting up fun, worthwhile and accessible events, inspiring upward of a quarter of a million people to get their hands dirty and together plant around a million trees.

Do you want to be part of this great collective achievement? For inspiration, find out about the kind of activities which took place in your area last year. If you’re interested in organising your own event, get some useful tips on how to organise successful tree planting activities and to register your event so that other people can come and join you!

Don’t forget that you can advertise your own event by downloading the poster for 2010, writing in the time and place or a contact number, and putting it up on local notice boards.  Download as many as you like. It’s free from The Tree Council.

Editor, Third Age.