Future Trees Trust
@futuretreestrust.bsky.social
The only UK charity dedicated to improving broadleaved trees and promoting resilient, healthy and productive forests and wood 🌳
Through decades of research and forestry experience, our work is centred on developing more productive trees.
Through decades of research and forestry experience, our work is centred on developing more productive trees.
New Forestry England Forest Resilience Strategy sets out how UK forests will adapt to climate change, pests & biodiversity loss. Watch Dr Eleanor Tew explain the plan: youtu.be/NNMi4UDlrXY?... #ForestResilience #UKForestry
Forests for the Future
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November 12, 2025 at 10:59 AM
New Forestry England Forest Resilience Strategy sets out how UK forests will adapt to climate change, pests & biodiversity loss. Watch Dr Eleanor Tew explain the plan: youtu.be/NNMi4UDlrXY?... #ForestResilience #UKForestry
🌿 Continued Hope for Ash Trees 🌿
Future Trees Trust researcher James Macintyre stands beside a resistant ash tree in the RAP trial. Planted in 2003, the trial includes ash provenances from across Europe. Resistant trees have been grafted and planted for future breeding.
Future Trees Trust researcher James Macintyre stands beside a resistant ash tree in the RAP trial. Planted in 2003, the trial includes ash provenances from across Europe. Resistant trees have been grafted and planted for future breeding.
November 5, 2025 at 11:10 AM
🌿 Continued Hope for Ash Trees 🌿
Future Trees Trust researcher James Macintyre stands beside a resistant ash tree in the RAP trial. Planted in 2003, the trial includes ash provenances from across Europe. Resistant trees have been grafted and planted for future breeding.
Future Trees Trust researcher James Macintyre stands beside a resistant ash tree in the RAP trial. Planted in 2003, the trial includes ash provenances from across Europe. Resistant trees have been grafted and planted for future breeding.
🌰 Sweet chestnut update: It’s a mast year (when trees produce a bumper seed crop)!
We’re counting nuts to:
1️⃣ Measure orchard productivity
2️⃣ Ensure all clones contribute—protecting genetic diversity.
Why chestnut? Fast-growing, durable, climate-resilient timber.
#Forestry #MastYear
We’re counting nuts to:
1️⃣ Measure orchard productivity
2️⃣ Ensure all clones contribute—protecting genetic diversity.
Why chestnut? Fast-growing, durable, climate-resilient timber.
#Forestry #MastYear
October 22, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Forestry Facts & Figures 2025:
UK woodland = 13.5% of land, yet we still import £9.2bn of wood.
Future Trees Trust is tackling this by breeding better broadleaves for timber: stronger, sustainable, home-grown hardwoods.
www.forestresearch.gov.uk/publications...
UK woodland = 13.5% of land, yet we still import £9.2bn of wood.
Future Trees Trust is tackling this by breeding better broadleaves for timber: stronger, sustainable, home-grown hardwoods.
www.forestresearch.gov.uk/publications...
Forestry Facts and Figures 2025 - Forest Research
Forestry Facts and Figures 2025 is a booklet summarising statistics on woodland and forestry. It covers areas such as woodland size, timber products, economics, and environmental factors. The complete...
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October 1, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Forestry Facts & Figures 2025:
UK woodland = 13.5% of land, yet we still import £9.2bn of wood.
Future Trees Trust is tackling this by breeding better broadleaves for timber: stronger, sustainable, home-grown hardwoods.
www.forestresearch.gov.uk/publications...
UK woodland = 13.5% of land, yet we still import £9.2bn of wood.
Future Trees Trust is tackling this by breeding better broadleaves for timber: stronger, sustainable, home-grown hardwoods.
www.forestresearch.gov.uk/publications...
🌿 We’re excited to welcome Louise Gathercole to our trustee team at Future Trees Trust. With expertise in plant pathology, oak genomics & science communication, Louise brings valuable insight to our mission. #TreeResearch #SustainableForestry #TrusteeUpdate
September 17, 2025 at 11:29 AM
🌿 We’re excited to welcome Louise Gathercole to our trustee team at Future Trees Trust. With expertise in plant pathology, oak genomics & science communication, Louise brings valuable insight to our mission. #TreeResearch #SustainableForestry #TrusteeUpdate
We’re thrilled to announce a major funding boost from the Wolfson Foundation towards our National Centre—an exciting step forward in creating a space for environmental education, sustainable forestry, and community engagement. Read more: www.futuretrees.org/news-and-ins...
Major Funding Boost from the Wolfson Foundation for Our National Centre - Future Trees Trust
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August 20, 2025 at 1:35 PM
We’re thrilled to announce a major funding boost from the Wolfson Foundation towards our National Centre—an exciting step forward in creating a space for environmental education, sustainable forestry, and community engagement. Read more: www.futuretrees.org/news-and-ins...
New challenges during fieldwork at the Scottish ash archive this week: checking trees and removing rootstock shoots to prevent unwanted traits. After a dry spring, rain has arrived—along with slugs stripping leaves and damaging grafts.
August 13, 2025 at 11:42 AM
New challenges during fieldwork at the Scottish ash archive this week: checking trees and removing rootstock shoots to prevent unwanted traits. After a dry spring, rain has arrived—along with slugs stripping leaves and damaging grafts.
Last month’s heatwave pushed even our older ash archive trees to the brink. With drought persisting, contractors delivered 20,000L of water weekly to keep them going.
A quiet homage to those managing trees through it all.
A quiet homage to those managing trees through it all.
August 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Last month’s heatwave pushed even our older ash archive trees to the brink. With drought persisting, contractors delivered 20,000L of water weekly to keep them going.
A quiet homage to those managing trees through it all.
A quiet homage to those managing trees through it all.
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📢 PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT 📢
🌳 Can more diverse, complex forests better withstand drought?
🔬 Our scientists are using remote sensing, tree rings & silviculture to explore how structural diversity boosts resilience in UK woodlands.
🔗 Read more: www.forestprotection.uk/project/cfp2...
🌳 Can more diverse, complex forests better withstand drought?
🔬 Our scientists are using remote sensing, tree rings & silviculture to explore how structural diversity boosts resilience in UK woodlands.
🔗 Read more: www.forestprotection.uk/project/cfp2...
July 30, 2025 at 9:13 AM
📢 PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT 📢
🌳 Can more diverse, complex forests better withstand drought?
🔬 Our scientists are using remote sensing, tree rings & silviculture to explore how structural diversity boosts resilience in UK woodlands.
🔗 Read more: www.forestprotection.uk/project/cfp2...
🌳 Can more diverse, complex forests better withstand drought?
🔬 Our scientists are using remote sensing, tree rings & silviculture to explore how structural diversity boosts resilience in UK woodlands.
🔗 Read more: www.forestprotection.uk/project/cfp2...
Thrilled to be involved in this research project 👇🏿
📢 PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT 📢
🌳 How can we ensure UK forests thrive in a changing climate?
🔬 Our scientists are using genomics, remote sensing & climate models to develop smarter seed sourcing strategies for resilient woodlands.
Read more: forestprotection.uk/project/cfp2...
🌳 How can we ensure UK forests thrive in a changing climate?
🔬 Our scientists are using genomics, remote sensing & climate models to develop smarter seed sourcing strategies for resilient woodlands.
Read more: forestprotection.uk/project/cfp2...
July 30, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Thrilled to be involved in this research project 👇🏿
📢 New paper from the Living Ash Project:
Vegetative propagation of ash (Fraxinus excelsior) shows high success from 1–3 yr old material (91% rooting), but not from older trees. Peat-free media performed well; mycorrhizal inoculation had no benefit.
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s110...
Vegetative propagation of ash (Fraxinus excelsior) shows high success from 1–3 yr old material (91% rooting), but not from older trees. Peat-free media performed well; mycorrhizal inoculation had no benefit.
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s110...
June 18, 2025 at 10:09 AM
📢 New paper from the Living Ash Project:
Vegetative propagation of ash (Fraxinus excelsior) shows high success from 1–3 yr old material (91% rooting), but not from older trees. Peat-free media performed well; mycorrhizal inoculation had no benefit.
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s110...
Vegetative propagation of ash (Fraxinus excelsior) shows high success from 1–3 yr old material (91% rooting), but not from older trees. Peat-free media performed well; mycorrhizal inoculation had no benefit.
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s110...
Just back from the 8th @iufro.bsky.social workshop on resistance and breeding in forest trees. Highlights: 20% growth gain in Doug fir from seed orchard stock, Armillaria resistance screening, and a powerful First Nation canoe carving demo. Genetic improvement matters. #TreeImprovement #IUFRO2025
June 4, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Just back from the 8th @iufro.bsky.social workshop on resistance and breeding in forest trees. Highlights: 20% growth gain in Doug fir from seed orchard stock, Armillaria resistance screening, and a powerful First Nation canoe carving demo. Genetic improvement matters. #TreeImprovement #IUFRO2025
🌱 What could a National Centre for Broadleaved Tree Improvement mean for UK forestry?
Future Trees Trust and the National Trust are exploring the potential to develop a dedicated Centre at a Grade I Listed Granary.
www.futuretrees.org/news-and-ins...
Future Trees Trust and the National Trust are exploring the potential to develop a dedicated Centre at a Grade I Listed Granary.
www.futuretrees.org/news-and-ins...
May 28, 2025 at 12:36 PM
🌱 What could a National Centre for Broadleaved Tree Improvement mean for UK forestry?
Future Trees Trust and the National Trust are exploring the potential to develop a dedicated Centre at a Grade I Listed Granary.
www.futuretrees.org/news-and-ins...
Future Trees Trust and the National Trust are exploring the potential to develop a dedicated Centre at a Grade I Listed Granary.
www.futuretrees.org/news-and-ins...
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Join our team - we're hiring:
💻 Digital Practice Lead
🎨 Senior Designer
🐛 Scientist – Entomology
🛠️ Workshop Technician
📅 Deadlines: 8 - 15 June
📍 Various UK locations
👉 Find out more and apply now: forestresearch.gov.uk/about-us/car...
#ForestResearchJobs #JoinOurTeam
💻 Digital Practice Lead
🎨 Senior Designer
🐛 Scientist – Entomology
🛠️ Workshop Technician
📅 Deadlines: 8 - 15 June
📍 Various UK locations
👉 Find out more and apply now: forestresearch.gov.uk/about-us/car...
#ForestResearchJobs #JoinOurTeam
May 28, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Join our team - we're hiring:
💻 Digital Practice Lead
🎨 Senior Designer
🐛 Scientist – Entomology
🛠️ Workshop Technician
📅 Deadlines: 8 - 15 June
📍 Various UK locations
👉 Find out more and apply now: forestresearch.gov.uk/about-us/car...
#ForestResearchJobs #JoinOurTeam
💻 Digital Practice Lead
🎨 Senior Designer
🐛 Scientist – Entomology
🛠️ Workshop Technician
📅 Deadlines: 8 - 15 June
📍 Various UK locations
👉 Find out more and apply now: forestresearch.gov.uk/about-us/car...
#ForestResearchJobs #JoinOurTeam
Our Annual Supporters’ Day last week focused on the future of ash—thank you to all who joined us and continue to support our work.
May 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Our Annual Supporters’ Day last week focused on the future of ash—thank you to all who joined us and continue to support our work.
Spring hit hard: heat, drought, frost—testing young ash trees & our research. How are you adapting to climate stress in the field?
May 21, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Spring hit hard: heat, drought, frost—testing young ash trees & our research. How are you adapting to climate stress in the field?
New article on ash analysis in @genetics-gsa.bsky.social -We're using advanced genetic sequencing to find genes that help ash trees resist dieback, identifying key genes involved in dormancy, flowering & aging, which might explain why some trees are more resistant: academic.oup.com/g3journal/ar...
May 9, 2025 at 6:58 AM
New article on ash analysis in @genetics-gsa.bsky.social -We're using advanced genetic sequencing to find genes that help ash trees resist dieback, identifying key genes involved in dormancy, flowering & aging, which might explain why some trees are more resistant: academic.oup.com/g3journal/ar...
The @royalforestrysoc.bsky.social E-news shared the QJF Editors top 3 features on pests and diseases which includes our Head of Research, Dr Jo Clark's article on The Living Ash Project 10 Yrs On. With more updates presented at our Supporters Day
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#PlantHealthWeek
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#PlantHealthWeek
Research Papers - Future Trees Trust
Here you will find links to further information about Future Trees Trust and our work
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May 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The @royalforestrysoc.bsky.social E-news shared the QJF Editors top 3 features on pests and diseases which includes our Head of Research, Dr Jo Clark's article on The Living Ash Project 10 Yrs On. With more updates presented at our Supporters Day
www.futuretrees.org/resources/?p...
#PlantHealthWeek
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#PlantHealthWeek
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We can and should be growing a lot more high quality Birch in the U.K. - great work by @futuretreestrust.bsky.social and others www.linkedin.com/posts/richar...
Silver birch clone bank with Future Trees Trust selections looking nice… | Richard Whittet
Silver birch clone bank with Future Trees Trust selections looking nice today. Some genotypes starting to flush, some not quite there yet.
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April 24, 2025 at 6:38 AM
We can and should be growing a lot more high quality Birch in the U.K. - great work by @futuretreestrust.bsky.social and others www.linkedin.com/posts/richar...
📣 These 20 glorious pallets of tolerant #Ash trees are ready for planting out in the National Archive of Tolerant Ash this year as part of The Living Ash Project.
A project in partnership with
DEFRA, Fera, @kewgardens.bsky.social
@forestresearchuk.bsky.social
#LivingAsh #Ash
A project in partnership with
DEFRA, Fera, @kewgardens.bsky.social
@forestresearchuk.bsky.social
#LivingAsh #Ash
February 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM
📣 These 20 glorious pallets of tolerant #Ash trees are ready for planting out in the National Archive of Tolerant Ash this year as part of The Living Ash Project.
A project in partnership with
DEFRA, Fera, @kewgardens.bsky.social
@forestresearchuk.bsky.social
#LivingAsh #Ash
A project in partnership with
DEFRA, Fera, @kewgardens.bsky.social
@forestresearchuk.bsky.social
#LivingAsh #Ash
Great British Elms has been named one of Geographical-Mag top photography books of the year and is shortlisted for the CBHL awards for outstanding contributions to horticulture and botany literature. 🌿🏆 @rbgkew.bsky.social
conservationfoundation.co.uk/great-britis...
conservationfoundation.co.uk/great-britis...
Great British Elms – A New Book | The Conservation Foundation
2nd March 2024 Great British Elms - The remarkable story of an iconic tree and it's return from the brink The Conservation Foundation literally grew out of a project launched in the late 1970s to plan...
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February 5, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Great British Elms has been named one of Geographical-Mag top photography books of the year and is shortlisted for the CBHL awards for outstanding contributions to horticulture and botany literature. 🌿🏆 @rbgkew.bsky.social
conservationfoundation.co.uk/great-britis...
conservationfoundation.co.uk/great-britis...
Join us at the Millennium Seed Bank, Wakehurst on the 5th March to share and discuss emerging research and technologies in the propagation and production of UK native trees.
We will be talking about the Supersizing Broadleaves project.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/innovation...
We will be talking about the Supersizing Broadleaves project.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/innovation...
Innovations in Tree Production: perspectives and advances in the UK
Join us at the MSB to share and discuss emerging research and technologies in the propagation and production of UK native trees.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 15, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Join us at the Millennium Seed Bank, Wakehurst on the 5th March to share and discuss emerging research and technologies in the propagation and production of UK native trees.
We will be talking about the Supersizing Broadleaves project.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/innovation...
We will be talking about the Supersizing Broadleaves project.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/innovation...
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🌟 Join us for the Institute of Chartered Foresters 'Forestry Facing the Future' webinar episode: Horizon Scan for Threats to UK Forests.
Featuring experts from Forest Research, Forestry Commission & the University of Cambridge 🌲
🗓️ 11 Feb 11:00am - 12:30pm
🔗 ow.ly/7EpU50UBMnu
Featuring experts from Forest Research, Forestry Commission & the University of Cambridge 🌲
🗓️ 11 Feb 11:00am - 12:30pm
🔗 ow.ly/7EpU50UBMnu
January 13, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🌟 Join us for the Institute of Chartered Foresters 'Forestry Facing the Future' webinar episode: Horizon Scan for Threats to UK Forests.
Featuring experts from Forest Research, Forestry Commission & the University of Cambridge 🌲
🗓️ 11 Feb 11:00am - 12:30pm
🔗 ow.ly/7EpU50UBMnu
Featuring experts from Forest Research, Forestry Commission & the University of Cambridge 🌲
🗓️ 11 Feb 11:00am - 12:30pm
🔗 ow.ly/7EpU50UBMnu
The Trust is delighted to receive grant funding of £4000 from The Finnis Scott Foundation, a Trust focused on grant-making in the areas of horticulture and plant sciences, as well as the exhibition, conservation and study of art.
Read more 👉 www.futuretrees.org/news-and-ins...
Read more 👉 www.futuretrees.org/news-and-ins...
The Finnis Scott Foundation Supports Future Trees Trust Research Woodland - Future Trees Trust
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January 8, 2025 at 9:25 AM
The Trust is delighted to receive grant funding of £4000 from The Finnis Scott Foundation, a Trust focused on grant-making in the areas of horticulture and plant sciences, as well as the exhibition, conservation and study of art.
Read more 👉 www.futuretrees.org/news-and-ins...
Read more 👉 www.futuretrees.org/news-and-ins...