Seeds2Trees is a Living Woods project to enable people of all ages, across local communities, to grow UK native trees from seed, for future use in our community-focused tree planting schemes.
We are:
- helping to grow more trees, creating woodlands, and improving our natural environment.
- enabling the wider community to become part of the solution.
- giving agency to people as we work together to tackle the climate and biodiversity crisis.
We launched Seeds2Trees in 2022 with a two-year round of tree growing. Over 100 community tree growers joined us then and embarked on their two year journey of planting British native tree seed, and nurturing their young saplings. This round ended last month (November 2024) when we collected the saplings that they have tenderly cared for, and prepared them for planting.
A further 200 batches of seed and growing kits were distributed in November 2023 for our second round of tree growing, and the third round was distributed in November 2024. So there’s even more tree seed out there in communities being cared for.
Our community of tree growers is made up of people, of all ages, backgrounds and growing experiences, in individual households, community group settings and educational establishments. Together we are “growing the change we need”.
HOW IT WORKS
Each year we supply seeds and growing kits to our growers, in the November. These kits all come with instruction sheets, and growers are supported every step of the way, with monthly newsletters and bespoke help.
Our tree growers sow the seeds, nurture, transplant them, and nurture some more, over a two-year period of time. After this the saplings are collected, and become part of our woodland creation programmes at Living Woods.
DO YOU WANT TO BE PART OF IT?
Are you interested to find out how you can help by using your own outdoor space at home, to do something tangible to help our eco and climate crisis? As a community group, you can use Seeds2Trees as a tool to help you achieve your aims for your group members.
Are you a school, alternative educational provision, or home educational family, and want to see how you can inspire your learners to be change-makers for the environment and enhance their educational and personal development through the project?
Please register your interest to find out more
HELP TO GROW SEEDS2TREES
Can you help this community environmental focused project, with educational benefits, to literally grow?
Your donation can help us grow the change we need to create new woodlands.
Each tree grown as a part of Seeds2Trees when planted, has the potential of absorbing a tonne of CO2, helping to create new woodlands that will help improve bio-diversity and our environment. Your donation will be making an investment for our future generations
There are also opportunities for corporate sponsorship – could your business help to grow this project. Please contact Lara for more information.
Thank you to:
Northern Structures Ltd for their on-going support
And to OCTO DESIGN and M H Southern & Co Ltd
And AN EXTRA SPECIAL THANK YOU TO…
Aviva Community Fund’s Crowdfunding and to each and every one who donated towards our first and second rounds of Seeds2Trees.
Our very grateful thanks are extended to Save Our Wild Isles Fund, and BA Greener World Community Fund, whose generous match funding helped donations for our second round to grow massively.
For any specific questions about Seeds2Trees please click here.
Our 2022 video
Our 2023 video
EVENTS COMING SOON
We are busy planning some engaging and exciting events as seeds2Trees.
If you are signed up to Seeds2Trees or for updates from Living Woods we will keep you posted, or check the Events page of the website.