Enjoy 20 seconds of beautiful blossom, filmed by our Comms and Marketing Manager, Amelie.

Don't forget to enter our #TreeFlowerPhotoComp! 🌸

The spiralling honeysuckle twists around young, flexible stems, causing a constriction resulting in a spiralled, "barley-sugar" twist in the wood.

These unique, distorted stems are wanted by walking stick makers. The handles of rustic walking sticks are referred to as "honeysuckle twist".

Honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum) – the green leaves grow up a tree by spiralling around the stem. This often happens in hazel, but here it's happened around a birch.

(c) Jon Stokes

Book your free ticket! – National Hedgerow Week 2026: Helping the mighty hawthorn! – Zoom National Hedgerow Week 2026: Helping the mighty hawthorn! – Zoom, Thu 7 May 2026 - Hawthorn is the backbone of UK hedgerows, making up around 70% of their structure. They are also a well loved as…

Helping the mighty hawthorn!
Thursday 7 May, 1-2pm
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Get ready for National Hedgrow Week 2026!

Our live, free, online Hedge Talks are full of fascinating facts and inspirational insight from selected experts. Check out this year’s events below!

The Craft of Hedgelaying with Nigel Adams
Tuesday 5 May, 1-2pm
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Beautiful wild cherry blossom spotted by Jon, our Director of Trees, Science and Research.

Don't forget to enter our tree flower photography competition this month! Tag us in your photos and use #TreeFlowerPhotoComp. 🌸

Ash is a widespread, native woodland tree that prefers moist, well-drained and fertile soils. It is very intolerant of shade – young trees will fail to grow in densely shaded areas. Large, spreading specimens can often be seen in hedgerows.

A mature ash can produce 100,000 seeds in one season.

Happy #FolkloreThursday! Today's feature is the rowan tree!

We can't wait to see the tree flowers you discover this month!

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You can enter as many times as you like throughout the month.

The winner will have their photo featured in our newsletter and shared across our channels. Additionally, a selection of our favourite entries will be showcased in a gallery on our website.

The theme is "Tree Flowers," and we want to see your best photos of tree flowers, whether they're in your garden, local area, or during your travels.

You have until April 30th to submit your photos. To enter, please tag us in your photos and include #TreeFlowerPhotoComp in the caption.

Get your camera ready because we have an exciting photo competition! 📷️

To celebrate our annual "Spring in Your Step" campaign, we would love for you to take part in a social media photography competition.

Now is the perfect time to start identifying flowers on trees! 🌸

Here are a few to get you started.

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Our Senior Community Planting Projects Officer, Adam, spotted Elder getting ready to show off its flowers!

The flowers and berries of elder have a wide range of culinary uses, being made into wines or jams. The flower buds can be infused as a tea!

Win a copy of Nigel Adams’ Hedgelaying: The Complete Guide to a Rural Traditional Rural Craft

Competition open to UK residents only.

Competition closes at midnight on Sunday 19 April 2026.

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In the latest Tree Talk Substack article we sat down with Tree Council expert, Joe Coles to talk about the benefits of growing trees, and what he’s growing at home in his garden!

Head over to Tree Talk to read the latest Substack article.

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Spring in Your Step - The Tree Council April - May Let's celebrate spring! Taking a walk in springtime can be an invigorating and therapeutic experience for both mind and body. It allows you to enjoy the rejuvenating sights, sounds and…

Head over to our website to find a recommended walk near you! 🌳 #SpringinYourStep

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(c) Jon Stokes

It allows you to enjoy the rejuvenating sights, sounds and scents of nature coming to life after winter, and the fresh air, vibrant blooms and increased sunlight can improve your mental wellbeing while improving your fitness and overall health.

Let's celebrate spring!

Today is the first day of Spring in Your Step! Taking a walk in springtime can be an invigorating and therapeutic experience for both mind and body.

It was a hands-on creative workshop, reflecting on your relationship with trees. Visitors learnt how to use watercolour and natural forms, to create small artworks while exploring how creativity can help us notice and care for nature around us.

Thank you to everyone who took part in the workshop!

We had a fantastic evening at the Open Eye Gallery in Liverpool last Friday!

Young artists Sonia Poppi and Cara Ng, whose work has been previously exhibited as part of the gallery’s LOOK Climate Lab programme, lead on ‘Bookmark Your Tree’.

Jon Stokes, our Director of Trees, Science and Research, spotted this beautiful comma butterfly that has emerged from hibernation.

"Its first need is nectar, which it gets from the early sallow flowers. The sallow gets pollinated and the butterfly gets energy. We love the web of life!"

An abundance of turkey tail on a fallen crab apple branch, spotted by our Grants Officer, Geraldine.

Let us know what fungi you have spotted recently! #FungiFriday

We’re really proud to support this project, which aims to create a thriving, resilient orchard that reconnects people with Worcestershire’s heritage.

This project has been supported by The Tree Council and Defra through the Trees Outside Woodland Fund.

The project includes 120 heritage fruit trees, including apple, pear and damson. Designed with wildlife in mind, the orchard features wide spacing, wildlife-friendly guards and future deadwood habitats, supporting species such as the noble chafer.

A new traditional orchard is taking shape at Naunton Beauchamp, Worcestershire!

Planted by The Heart of England Forest and their volunteers, this will be one of the largest new orchards established in the region for decades, helping to restore a habitat that has been disappearing across the UK.

Join us this Friday 27 March, 6pm – 8pm at the Open Eye Gallery in Liverpool, to explore the creative connection between people, trees and the natural world.

Head over to our website to find out more >>

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Keep an eye out for a tree flower photo competition too.

Don't forget to tag us in your photos!

Spring has arrived across the country! 🌸

Now is the time to start spotting tree flowers and the team at The Tree Council has been spotting plenty!

Our Spring in Your Step campaign starts next month and we can't wait to celebrate spring with recommended walks, tree flower ID guides and more.