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Have a look at our Autumn Update 2026 for the latest news and upcoming events and workshops
You can now watch all of our videos on our YouTube Playlist. Find out more about the projects we have helped to get trees in the ground and how we can support you.
Save the Date for Our 'Back Garden Forest' Free Tree Giveaways!
You can collect a free tree sapling and contribute to the Forest for Cornwall as tree-planting season gets under way later this autumn. The events will take place from November through to next February at 10 different locations.
There are six native species to choose from, including dogwood, hazel, rowan, crab apple, bird cherry and wayfaring tree, and every sapling comes with information on how to care for it. Whether you’re an avid gardener or a tree-planting novice, the Forest for Cornwall team can give you all the advice you need to plant the right tree in the right location. Remember bring a bag to take your sapling home in.
The locations and times of the Back Garden Forest tree giveaways are:
Liskeard: November 14, 2026, 10am – 1pm, The Workshed, Fairpark Rd, PL14 4BA
St Agnes: November 21, 2026, 10.30am – 12.30pm, St Agnes Library, Trelawny Rd, TR5 0TP
Bude: November 28, 2026, 10.30am – 12.30pm, Bude Library, The Wharf, EX23 8LG
Penzance: January 16, 2027, 10.30am – 12.30pm, St John’s Hall, TR18 2QW
Falmouth: January 23, 2027, 10.30am – 12.30pm, The Princess Pavilion, TR11 4AR
Helston: February 6, 2027, 10.30am – 12.30pm, The Old Cattle Market, TR13 0SR
Redruth: February 13, 2027, 10.30am – 12.30pm, Market Way & Redruth Library,
TR15 2AU
St Dennis: February 18, 2027, 2pm – 4pm, ClayTAWC, Fore Street, PL26 8AF
St Austell: February 20, 2027, 10.30am – 12.30pm, St Austell Library, Carlyon Road,
PL25 4LD
Truro: February 27, 2027, 10.30am – 12.30pm, Truro Library, TR1 1EP
Please look out for location announcements for each giveaway on this page and our social media.
Future Funding Secured!
Have a look at our Story to find out the full details
Forest for Cornwall are delighted to share the fantastic news that we have secured four more years of funding. This means the project can continue to grow, with the brilliant work of the team and all of you that have got involved so far...and all those to come!
Communities, farmers, landowners, businesses and organisations will be supported to plant trees with these funds. Our aim is to sustain the local economy while tackling the effects of our changing climate. Planting trees will help to improve our health and happiness by bringing the benefits of trees to our local green spaces, towns and villages.
Nature will also benefit with increased habitat for birds, mammals and insects. Planting trees will help make rivers and streams cleaner, improve soil, and reduce run-off and flooding in our coastal towns.
Your involvement has helped to get more than 2 million trees in the ground in a huge range of projects all across Cornwall. This includes 825 hectares of new woodland so far. Have a look at our interactive map below for all the planting sites.
The winter of 2025/2026 was our busiest planting season yet, with 317.262 more trees in the ground. This includes 67 new orchards, 63 agroforestry projects, 41 street trees and 26 km of new hedgerow.
Our new funding has been awarded due to the national recognition of the success of the programme. The funding is provided by the DEFRA Trees Programme and will total £8.764 million, spread over the next four years.
Get in touch if you would like to plant trees!
New Forest for Cornwall Community Fund
The Forrest for Cornwall small grants fund is now open for applications for small scale tree planting projects, and tree related events and items.
Grants can be awarded up to a maximum of £4,000 covering the following:
£2500 for tree projects such as hedgerows under 100 metres, orchards, public green spaces, including tree protection, shelters, guards and mulch.
£1500 for items directly relating to tree establishment and for wider and community benefit. These include training and events which are open to all and linked to tree planting. Also interpretation boards, watering items and tools to aid in establishment. Community Tree Nurseries can apply for seed propagating materials.
Who can apply?
Community groups, community orchards, local environment groups, parish and town councils, schools, community tree nurseries, local charities, education and sports groups.
Landholders planning a farm visit or event
Individuals such as smallholders may apply for the trees and protection, but not additional items such as training, events or tools.
There are no deadlines for submitting an application as they are reviewed on a rolling basis.
To find out more, make an application or enquire about your project please contact the Forest for Cornwall team.
Have a look at the new Forest for Cornwall interactive map
This new map gives the latest update on the location and number of trees planted across Cornwall. There are also several layers of information you can also look at, including the 2016 baseline canopy cover for each parish in our region.
Go to the Forest for Cornwall Interactive Map
Worthy Winners at the Cornwall Sustainability Awards 2025
The awards, organised by the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Nature Partnership, celebrate sustainability across all sectors in Cornwall. Along with our partners, the Woodland Trust, F4C sponsored the Trees for Nature & Growth category at this years' awards. Many incredible projects put forward an application which made for a challenging time for the judges and resulted in a very close competition!
Huge congratulations to the winners:
Farmers and Landholders
Highly Commended: Trefusis Estate
Urban and Community
Winner: St. Ives Community Orchard CIC
Highly Commended: United Downs Environment Group (UDEG)
These awards highlight the work of so many of the people that have planted trees for community benefit, to enhance production on farms, to tackle climate change and support nature recovery in Cornwall. Congratulations to everyone who entered, and to all our F4C projects for the work they are doing.
Two of our farm projects were also winners in the Nature Friendly Farming category - Treveddoe Farm was Highly Commended and Presingoll Farm took the Winner trophy🏆 .
Latest Community Projects
Forest for Cornwall has been supporting local communities to plant trees in a variety of different ways. This has been done through the Woodland Trust funded 'Forest for My Place' project. These two new case study videos show the great work that has been happening: