We have some sad news
We were very sad to receive the news on Monday that part of the Publow Oak at Great Avon Wood had collapsed as a result of the […]
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Woodland Skills – Training for a dream green job
By Debs Hoy, Green Skills Co-ordinator On summer solstice, graduates from Avon Needs Trees’ first ever Woodland Skills training course wrapped up six-months of career development with […]
Summer event success at Great Avon Wood
Avon Needs Trees aims to create publicly accessible green space for people to explore the natural and cultural heritage at our sites. This summer has seen a […]
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We have purchased the land to create the Lower Chew Forest!
Last Friday, we officially purchased the land to create the Lower Chew Forest, the South West’s largest new woodland in a generation. After months of hard work […]
Running for new woodlands
On 19th May, Jake Hart is running the Bristol-half marathon to raise money for Avon Needs Trees! We caught up with him to find out how he’s […]
£171,000 raised in 6 weeks to make the Lower Chew Forest a reality
We are delighted that in under 6 weeks of fundraising, we have raised a phenomenal £171,955 to buy the land and establish the Lower Chew Forest. This […]
Flooding is happening more often. How can we slow the flow?
Footage on the news this morning is distressing, writes Avon Needs Trees CEO Dave Wood, with homes flooded, people displaced and lives and livelihoods at risk. Extreme […]
Our exciting new project: Landscape Recovery in the Lower Chew
We have some exciting plans in the pipeline at Avon Needs Trees in 2024! In this month’s guest blogpost, ANT CEO Dave Wood speaks about our incredible […]
Help plant trees with EcardForest
Do you need a one-stop shop for your ecards, that you can send just from yourself or that everyone can sign online no matter where they’re based? […]
Conquering Somerset’s Three Peaks
On Saturday 28th October, six intrepid explorers set off to find circular three peaks waymarkers on as many posts as possible in the county of Somerset, and […]
Preparing to take on Somerset’s Three Peak Challenge
ANT staff and trustees are heading out into Somerset to take on the challenge of walking Somerset’s Three Peaks this October to raise money for the […]
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Introducing our new Volunteer Portal
Avon Needs Trees Volunteer Portal is a new area on our website that allows you to search easily for volunteer opportunities near you. With a simple log-in […]
Celebrating a new woodland at Hazeland
In June, visitors gathered at Hazeland for ‘Hazefest’ to celebrate the end of tree planting on the site. We had a wonderful day, with site tours looking at […]
Could your land become our next woodland?
It’s been an exciting past few months at ANT, purchasing our third site, Great Avon Wood, and progressing with our first ever land partnership, Ed Woods. Now […]
Amanda’s Bristol Half Marathon Fundraiser
We’re so pleased to have the support of Amanda Birch who is running the Bristol Half Marathon this Sunday to raise money for Avon Needs Trees! Amanda […]
Hicks Mead Wood: An ancient name for a brand new woodland
Neighbours, volunteers, ANT staff, and Metro Mayor Dan Norris gathered on Tuesday to celebrate the naming of Hick Meads Wood. This is the first of three woodlands […]
Planting season complete – 14,500 trees in the ground!
We’ve now officially come to the end of our planting season across all our sites and we are delighted to reveal that a grand total of 14,500 […]
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Metro Mayor Dan Norris helps launch Great Avon Wood!
Last week we officially launched Great Avon Wood, our ambitious 100 acre woodland project in partnership with the Forest of Avon Trust. The launch was hugely successful and a fantastic […]
Yoga for the Earth
On January 21st, Idani Yoga is hosting a ‘Yoga for the Earth’ session at Now Yoga Bristol. All profits will go to support our work at Avon […]
ANT receives ‘Conservation and Environment’ award for Pudding Brook Wood
We are delighted to announce that last week we received an award for ‘Conservation and Environment’ by Chippenham Civic Society for the creation of new permanent woodland at […]
New branding, same mission!
If you have been visiting our website or social media recently, you may have noticed that we have had a rebrand. This is one of the many […]
Highlights from our AGM and a huge thank you!
Dear all Our board of trustees met for Avon Needs Trees’ Annual General Meeting 2022 last Friday. It’s not a grand occasion but an opportunity […]
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Can you help us find our next piece of land?
We are appealing for help to find our next piece of land to plant a new woodland and are calling for landowners who would like to sell […]
We finally have a name for Stanley Lane!
We are pleased to announce the new 10,000 tree permanent woodland at Stanley Lane is now named Pudding Brook Wood, after the historic name of the stream […]
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Our new woodland at Stanley Lane has now been planted!
“Over the course of 40 days, we have had over 500 volunteers plant thousands of trees to create the new permanent woodland to help fight the climate […]
Stanley Lane is ours and tree planting is underway!
In December 2021 we became the official owners of our second site, Stanley Lane! This was only made possible by the dedication and commitment of donors and […]
We have permission to plant at Stanley Lane!
We are delighted to announce that we now have to permission plant a new permanent woodland at our upcoming second purchase Stanley Lane! This incredibly exciting news […]
Countdown to our new woodland!
It’s an exciting time at ANT as we are now on countdown, with 28 days left to get all the permissions in place and to ensure we […]
Hazeland has had a trim!
We are pleased to announce that the mowing of rides, glades and paths at Hazeland has been completed! This is a really important step in maintaining the […]
