Coming soon: The Great Avon Wood Heritage Trail!
By Susan Barker, Great Avon Wood Conservation Heritage Co-ordinator Did you know that we are creating a waymarked heritage trail through the new woodland we are planting […]
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Landscape Recovery in the Lower Chew Valley commences!
By Matthew Smith, Natural Capital & Corporate Partnership Lead During August and September we have been busy with our partners at the Bristol and Avon Rivers Trust […]
Meet our corporate supporters: Nicholas Pearson Associates
Avon Needs Trees relies on our corporate partners to make our projects possible. Donations from businesses make the difference between being able to buy land to create […]
Meet our volunteers: Bronwen Fraser
Our team of volunteers are the heart of Avon Needs Trees, and our work creating new, permanent woodlands simply would not be possible without their dedication. 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 […]
Meet our volunteers: Hilary Jeffkins
Hilary Jeffkins is one of our brilliant volunteer leaders at Great Avon Wood. She has been volunteering with us for an amazing 3 years, starting her Avon […]
Meet our volunteers: Charlie Kimber
This Volunteers’ Week, we are highlighting some of our amazing volunteers and the fantastic work they do to help us create new, permanent woodlands across the Bristol-Avon […]
Meet our volunteers: Amy Ivy Timms
This Volunteers’ Week, we want to celebrate the incredible work our volunteers do to help us further along our mission to create new, permanent woodlands across the […]
The magic of trees and why we need more of them
By Mark Funnell, ANT’s Chair Planting trees can bend time. You’re often thinking of what your grandchildren and their children will inherit. That perhaps that one oak […]
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 […]
Climate anxiety: How planting trees is the perfect antidote
By Mark Funnell Climate anxiety is one of those phrases that sneaks up on you. I doubt anyone was talking about it 20 years ago. Now it comes […]
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 […]
Phil’s Story: Volunteering at Hazeland
Phil Smith is one of our longest standing volunteers at Avon Needs Trees, having started back in 2020 when we purchased our first site, Hazeland, an amazing 34 […]
Heather’s cycle to work journey
Sustainability is at the heart of ANT, and we strive to be as green as possible while we work to create new permanent woodlands across the Bristol-Avon […]
Regular giver highlight: Sarah Kidd
Sarah Kidd is one of our regular givers, generously donating to Avon Needs Trees every month to help us create new permanent woodlands across the Bristol-Avon river […]
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 […]
Cycling for new woodlands
On 17th August, Joe Cooper and his son Jack are embarking on two-week cycle from Lands End to John O Groats to raise money for Avon Needs […]
Constructively supporting trees
ARV Solutions are a Bristol-based company passionate about recruitment and offsite construction…and trees. When they’re not busy with construction, manufacturing, engineering, design and technical recruitment they are […]
Putting ANT at the heart of local coffee roasting
Boona Boona Coffee Roasters are one of our longest standing business supporters, helping us to spread the word about our work and donating to us regularly. They […]
