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Birmingham TreePeople are nature-loving urban forest volunteers with the aim to plant, protect and promote trees and the urban forest.

View of Birmingham's urban forest from Park Regis, by Simon Needle

About Us

Birmingham TreePeople are urban forest volunteers that gather information about local trees, get involved in tree matters, and work on practical projects in the urban environment.

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UFV

Would you like to join us and our diverse network of enthusiastic urban forest volunteers in Birmingham? Find out everything you need to know about tree volunteering here.

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Our Trees

If you want to find out more about the trees BTP are looking after, and some of the projects we are undertaking, take a look at this useful section that includes the TreePlotter map.

Tree City

In 2019, Birmingham TreePeople were granted the status of Tree City of the World, which is a great honour for our green, flourishing city. Click here to find out why we received it without a hitch.

Urban forest master plan, the front page of the document Birmingham TreePeople commissioned for the city with BCC, Treeconomics, and Forest Institute

UFMP

We are proud to have commissioned the Urban Forest Master Plan for the city with BCC, in conjunction with Treeconomics and Nature Based Solutions Institute – but what is it that plan all about?

Six recipients holding their L2 Arboriculture awards

Training

BTP run free, monthly training sessions for urban forest volunteers on trees, tree care and woodlands. However, we also provide a paid L2 Arboriculture course, if you’d like to learn more about trees.

Mac, Dee, and Tonia mapping the tree trails on TreePlotter in Handsworth Park.

Tree Trails

Do you like walking in the park (with or without children)? The Friends’ tree trails are available in various parks across Birmingham, and it’s just like Pokémon Go for trees, so we’ve plotted them online.

Nina showing Sonja and Martin, two new urban forest volunteers, how to survey a newly planted street tree during a practice session at Winterbourne Gardens.

Street Trees

We are currently undergoing a survey of Birmingham’s street trees, assessing newly planted trees, and we are actively encouraging volunteers to get involved – let us know if you’d like to volunteer.








What’s New With
Birmingham

TreePeople?

Tree Equity

Tree Equity

Tree Equity has been an important factor in the decisions we’ve made for our tree strategy. Through our Urban Forest Master Plan, and the UFA, increasing canopy cover in our priority wards has been equity focused.

Tree Tales

Tree Tales

We’re calling for submissions for Tree Tales! They will be archived on our website, a compilation of individual or group stories about nature and green spaces for a collective anthology. What’s your favourite memory with trees?

Tonia, Simon, & Mac at the launch for the Midlands Forest Network.

The Trustees

Have you ever wondered who our dedicated Trustees are? They are hardworking industry professionals, who volunteer for the charity and provide their time and services. Find out more about our board members and what their roles are.





Tree Planting & Maintenance

Tree Selection

If you aren’t sure where to start when it comes to planting, it’s the tree; one of the most important things is choosing the right species for the right location. This ensures the tree flourishes in its new place.

Tree Planting

Once the tree has been selected for the location, this page has a step-by-step guide to planting a new tree, with the do’s, dont’s, and definitely’s of the tree planting stages.

Tree Care

Once the trees are planted, it’s our responsibility to water them and provide the aftercare they need to grow. Here are some top tips on how to look after new and old trees.

memorial tree under the treemembrance scheme

Treemembrance

This commemorative tree programme aims to encourage adoption, and further add new trees to Birmingham’s urban forest. This gives the sponsor the opportunity to commemorate an event or person.

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Stay Updated
With Birmingham TreePeople

A family laughing beneath the canopy of a tree in Handsworth Park, taken with permission.

Our Blog

Shade of the Canopy is a blog by TreePeople, for TreePeople. It includes articles about our events, workshops, training, videos, and everything in between. Stay updated with our new blog page. See below for our most recent posts.

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Newsletters

We have recently begun circulating monthly – Birmingham Roots – and biweekly – The Droplet – newsletters for our mailing list. This archive holds all the issues, if you prefer not to download. We also accept outside articles and adverts.

Podcasts

These recorded interviews are about different aspects of trees, by various experts within the industry, logged here in the Podcast (and videos) Archive. Look back on the best classes and talks, concerning all manner of tree-related topics.

Replacement Trees
Planting the replacement trees outside Truro Tower, 27th March 2024 Last year in March 2023, Ladywood Health and Community Centre acquired four flowering trees from the National Trust, a legacy from the Commonwealth Games. Patchwork Meadow planted the trees with BTP’s help, along with wildflowers, in the raised beds in …
Earth Day
We will be at Weoley Castle Earth Day Festival at Weoley Castle Square, on Saturday 20th April 11-2, and we would love to see you all there to celebrate by talking about all things green!
TreePlotter User Conference 2024
Birmingham TreePeople were invited to present at the first ever PlanIt-Geo Global TreePlotter User Conference, on the 5th March 2024. TreePlotter is our go-to software solution for many of our Urban Forestry projects. That’s why we were selected from across the planet, to present some of those projects to users …
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Trees Please

Leave de trees please

Cause de trees

Work wid de breeze

To put all living tings at ease,

So leave de trees please.

Yu see

Down in Somerset, England,

I know a tree

Dat is one thousand

An five hundred years old.

Dat is a wise tree

Dat is a tree

I need

To talk to,

Dat is a tree

We animals should listen to.

For millions of animals

Trees are a home,

Trees can help shelter yu home,

So leave de trees alone.

Trees mek oxygen.

Let me say dat again:

Trees mek oxygen,

So mek a tree yu fren.

Leave de trees please

Cause de trees

Work wid de breeze

To put all living tings at ease,

An they help de birds and bees

Old an wise are all of these,

So leave de trees please

Juss

Leave de trees please.

Benjamin Zephaniah


A selection of popular ditties by Brummies.