Tree rebates and free trees in England

18 programs

• Open

  Chelmsford Free Tree Giveaway

  Chelmsford City Council

  1 free tree per household (40-60 cm sapling: Scots pine, wild cherry, wild service tree or spindle)

• OpenPlan required

  Forestry Commission England Woodland Creation Offer

  Forestry Commission

  Up to £10,200 per hectare for standard capital costs, plus £400 per hectare a year for 15 years maintenance, up to £12,700 per hectare in additional contributions for public benefits, and £1,100 per hectare on low sensitivity land

• Open

  Woodland Trust MOREhedges Hedge Planting Scheme

  Woodland Trust

  Trees and tree protection supplied, covering up to 75% of the cost

• Open

  Woodland Trust MOREwoods Tree Planting Scheme

  Woodland Trust

  Trees, tree protection, site visit and woodland design supplied, covering up to 75% of costs; for woodland over 1 ha a Trust-arranged contractor can plant, covering up to 60% of all costs

• Seasonal

  Cornwall Back Garden Forest Free Trees

  Cornwall Council (Forest for Cornwall)

  Free native tree sapling (dogwood, hazel, crab apple, bird cherry, wayfaring tree or rowan) with care information

• Seasonal

  Lincolnshire Free Tree and Hedge Packs

  Lincolnshire County Council (LincsWoods)

  Tree pack of 50 trees with stakes and guards, or hedge pack of 250 native hedging plants with canes and spiral guards (up to 50 m of double-row hedge)

• Seasonal

  North West Leicestershire Free Tree Scheme

  North West Leicestershire District Council

  Free native trees (rowan, silver birch, crab apple, hawthorn, hazel, bird cherry); 15,100 given out in 2025

• Seasonal

  Richmond Free Tree Giveaway

  London Borough of Richmond upon Thames

  Free tree; 1,000 trees (100 each of 10 species) as plug plants or 1 m bare-root whips

• Seasonal

  Solihull Arden Free Tree Scheme

  Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council

  Free hedgerow and woodland planting stock for successful applicants

• Seasonal

  Wakefield Free Tree Giveaway

  Wakefield Council

  3 free native trees per person (more available at Thornes Park Nursery), such as hawthorn, blackthorn, hornbeam, hazel, birch, rowan, dogwood and wild cherry

• Seasonal

  Waltham Forest Great Tree Giveaway

  London Borough of Waltham Forest

  Free young trees (whips 30-100 cm: holly, hawthorn, crab apple, wild cherry, silver birch, maple); over 5,000 given away in 2026

• Status not posted

  Hampshire Forest Partnership Free Trees and Hedges

  Hampshire County Council (Hampshire Forest Partnership)

  Free trees and hedges

• Status not posted

  Leicestershire Free Tree and Hedge Packs

  Leicestershire County Council

  1 or 2 tree packs of 50 saplings per household or land holding; hedgerow packs of native shrubs and trees for about 50 m of hedge

• Paused

  Cambridgeshire Free Tree and Hedge Packs for Landowners

  Cambridgeshire County Council

  Free tree packs for small-scale planting, free hedge packs with guards and canes, or subsidised woodland planting through MOREwoods with a council contribution

• Paused

  Gloucestershire Free Tree and Hedgerow Packs

  Gloucestershire County Council

  One free tree per household (crab apple, common elder or bird cherry), or up to 3 hedgerow packs of 50 native plants with spiral guards and canes (about 7 m of hedge each)

• Paused

  Hertfordshire Your Tree Our Future Free Trees

  Hertfordshire County Council

  Up to 5 free native trees, or 4 trees plus a 36-plant hedgerow pack (about 6 m of hedge)

• Paused

  North Northamptonshire Free Tree Giveaway

  North Northamptonshire Council

  Packs of 20 native saplings (such as oak, field maple, silver birch, rowan, crab apple); groups may request up to 10 packs

• Paused

  Westmorland and Furness Free Trees for Residents

  Westmorland and Furness Council

  Free tree saplings (58,440 saplings given to over 2,000 applicants in winter 2025-26)