Urban Tree Festival
Celebrating urban trees
11-19 May 2024
The Urban Tree Festival is an annual community celebration of trees, including their benefits, beauty, majesty, and magic, in cities, towns and all urban environments. Events, celebrations, walks, talks and storytelling are held across London and the UK, bringing all our communities together to educate, inspire and share their enjoyment of trees.
Welcome…
UTF is a non-political, not-for-profit, Constituted Volunteer Group, run by a group of passionate volunteers and staff, working with event organisers who include; artists, meditators, young people and the old, mothers with prams, tree wardens, conservationists, dog walkers, writers, rappers, health and welfare practitioners, ecologists and urban planners, food growers and restaurant goers, storytellers ... and everyone who is inspired to love our trees!
What is the UTF?
WHERE: London & UK wide
WHEN: 11th - 19th May 2024
WHAT: Up to 40+ events; walks, talks,
writing competition, webinars, art
events, health and wellbeing.
WHO: Run by arboriculturalists, authors,
industry specialists, academics,
students and urban foresters.
ONLINE: www.urbantreefestival.org
CONTACT: sara@urbantreefestival.org
Take a look at last years festival here!
We are thrilled to be sponsored by Heritage Lottery fund as our main contributor in 2024
2023 Event Map
Created by the TiCL App
Click on the map right to see all the events happening near you on the TiCL app!
Highlights from last year…
Check out our programme for listings as they are added this year!
Colchester Campus Tree Walk
A pleasant walk around parts of the campus and Wivenhoe Park highlighting some of the notable trees, devised by Christopher Howard and guided by local tree expert Phil Brew.
Walk, Book here
Forest Bathing with Clare Barry
Join creative trainer Clare Barry as she helps fight fatigue with a session of Forest Bathing, at Mycenae House Gardens.
Relaxation, Book here
The Happy Man Tree Film
When a group of Hackney locals discover that a property developer has been granted permission by the Council to fell a huge, much-loved 150-year-old street tree, they do everything they can to try to save it!
Film, Book here
Help us grow branches of the Urban Tree Festival
The 2024 Urban Tree Festival is now open for submissions! We ask all events be submitted via our on-line form this year.*
The deadline for submissions this year will be midnight BST 20th April 2024. Please ensure your events are uploaded by this date, we cannot accept late submissions.
We are happy to receive submissions for online events hosted by you. We are particularly keen to hear about activities designed with inclusion in mind.
*Support for those who cannot use the form is still available.
Image: Epping Forest walk with Black Girls Hike - Black Daffodil Photography
The 2024 Urban Tree Festival is now open for submissions below:
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