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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Harbour Project plant at Hazeland
For our latest blogpost, we want to highlight one of the fantastic organisations we have partnered with as part of our aim to help local communities access […]
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 […]
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 […]
Forest Schools at Hazeland
During the Summer, Avon Needs Trees and experienced Forest School Leaders from Wiltshire Wildlife Trust offered FREE forest school sessions with a range of outdoor games, crafts […]
Could THIS be our next new woodland?
The ANT team are excited to share some news: we are close to purchasing our next piece of land to plant a new permanent forest! It is […]
Introducing our new Director
ANT is extremely pleased to announce the arrival of our new Director, Dave Wood. Dave brings strong management, fundraising and media skills and is a passionate environmentalist. […]
Tree Planting, Carbon and Climate – Free Online Talk hosted by ANT and Friends of the Marden Valley
Tommaso Jucker of Bristol University and Nikki Jones of ANT discuss tree planting in the context of carbon capture, biodiversity and climate. Have you heard about the benefits of tree […]
10,000 Trees Planted at Hazeland!
It’s taken three months of hard work, using small groups of local volunteers, but finally all trees and shrubs are in the ground at Hazeland. Many thanks […]
Dormouse Boxes Installed at Hazeland
There’s only one way to find out for sure whether we have dormice at Hazeland, and that’s to install homes and monitor them. The Men’s Shed at […]
