Grants to plant trees on your land

Trees for Climate – Our fund to get your planting project IN the ground

Forest of Avon, as one of England’s Community Forests, offers one of the country’s most competitive tree planting grants. Through “Trees for Climate”, part of the DEFRA Nature for Climate programme, you can get up to 100% of your project costs covered and up to 15 years maintenance payments.

Our dedicated tree team will handle planning assessments, design and logistics, minimising your paperwork so you can get your trees in the ground by the next planting season.

We’ll also check that our grant is the best option for your project. If another grant works better for you, we’ll let you know.

“And then suddenly out of the blue came Forest of Avon, and they said “we can pull the whole thing together”. And it was basically like sprinkling magic dust”.

Stephen Bradshaw, Landowner.

“Working with Forest of Avon has been really impactful because we have managed to plant over 200 trees; fruit trees and nut trees growing food for local communities but also establishing important habitats.”

Brendan Tate Wistreich, Land manager.

What planting projects can we fund?

Forest of Avon can plan, deliver and fund your tree planting project.
With our flexible grant, we can support different types of planting for areas big and small!

Where can we fund?

Our core operation area sits within the four local authorities – Bristol, Bath and North-East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. However, we have a halo area that covers Somerset and Gloucestershire.

Why work with Forest of Avon?

Our services are tailored for each project ensuring landowners have a seamless and efficient experience. We work collaboratively with each landowner to ensure that we are not only making the best choices for nature, but also on how they wish to use the land for now and into the future.

Our Impact through Trees for Climate

Since 2020, we’ve been making a real difference through the Trees for Climate program.

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We’ve partnered with many landowners to create beautiful, sustainable projects.
Take a look at some of our success stories:

Court Farm

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Bath City Farm

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Future Woodland

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Titters Hill

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Caroline’s Field

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