Commemorate a very special person or mark a significant occasion by helping to create new woodlands throughout the UK.
Launched in 1981 by the Tree Council, the Family Tree Scheme links your family and friends to the creation of Britain's future heritage. Your gift is marked by the planting of new trees in one of our woodland sites, many of which are in Community Forests. The sites are open to the public for recreation and enjoyment whilst providing the habitat for more than half of our wild creatures and many of our favourite plants and wild flowers.
The trees are specially selected for the site in which they are planted and are usually native species such as Oak, Ash, Beech, or Scots Pine. They will usually be planted out as small saplings, which grow vigorously into sturdy trees.
Whilst the trees planted under this scheme are not individually identifiable, each site maintains its own record book in which all gifts are recorded, with a separate dedicated section for those with special messages. A distinctive card is sent for all gifts of £20 or more whilst, for a gift of £30 or more, your special message can be inscribed in the record book and on your card.
If your gift is for a minimum of £250 it is usually possible to arrange for an area of woodland to be designated by a special name - truly making it your own Family Tree Scheme.
Local Sites
Red Rose Forest, Greater Manchester - There are two sites available, Old Kays Park on the outskirts of Tottington, northwest of Bury and the Millennium Wood at Outwood, Radcliffe. The Millennium Wood is a landmark countryside project which will create a new woodland on 35 hectares of land within the Outwood Community Parkland at Outwood near to Radcliffe. The project is a community effort involving schools, youth groups, volunteers and professional contractors working together to produce a new woodland for the community on land which was formally occupied by colliery oil tips, railway sidings, stock yards and a power station.
