The Tree Council’s aims are to:

• Improve the environment in town and country by promoting the planting and conservation of trees and woods throughout the United Kingdom.
• Disseminate knowledge about trees and their management.
• Act as a forum for organisations concerned with trees, to identify national problems and to provide initiatives for cooperation.

Some of the following can be funded:

• Cardboard/bioplastic tree/hedge guards. But do not assume they are always needed.
• Non-plastic ties
• Stakes (coppiced material such as chestnut or hazel preferred although machined softwood also considered)
• Mulch
• Peat free soil improvers (compost) if needed