TCV
The community volunteering charity
We have given away 350,000 carbon busting trees to community groups and volunteers for FREE and reached our target of over 1 million trees.
Thank you to everyone that has supported I Dig Trees over the past 5 years and helped us to plant 1 million new trees across the UK!
We have now allocated all 350,000 trees for this season and the programme is now closed. All trees ordered and confirmed will be delivered as per your delivery request.
Trees. They’re not just nice to look at. These wooden wonders literally eat carbon out of the air – and that’s why we love them. OVO is on a journey with their members to reach zero-carbon living, and trees are helping them get there.
On behalf of OVO members with green upgrades, we’ve helped plant over 700,000 carbon-busting trees since 2015. And by the end of 2019, local communities, volunteers and even OVO staff are set to reach an amazing milestone – 1 million trees planted up and down the UK.
We are delighted to be running I Dig Trees for the fifth year during the 2019/2020 planting season with OVO Energy. This fantastic partnership programme is a great opportunity for any community group or volunteer that would like to join in and feel good by either planting trees or nominating a local community group.
Since 2015 we’ve been planting trees with OVO Energy and this year we’re are aiming to reach over 1 million trees!
Throughout the bare-root planting season of 2019/20, we are aiming to plant even more trees – another 350,000+ trees in over 800 green spaces across the UK which will be achieved with approximately 37,000 hours of community volunteering for everyone to grow.
If you ‘dig’ trees, there are two ways in which to get involved:
Through the tremendous support of OVO Energy’s Green Electricity members, these tree packs are available completely FREE of charge!
All the tree varieties are native UK species and available in packs of 50, ready for delivery from November.
Don’t forget to share your tree planting activities on Twitter using #IDigTrees
Are you part of a community group that would benefit from receiving FREE trees? Then we would love you to nominate them. We have 7,000 packs of 50 trees – a total of 350,000 FREE trees!
To nominate your group you will need to provide us with the following information:
We will:
Joining a local tree-planting group not only helps your local community but also supports the environment, improves your health and wellbeing and is a great way to meet new people.
TCV volunteering projects provide:
You need:
1,078,000 trees have been planted since 2015. The map below shows where the trees have been planted.
Our tree packs are predetermined with varieties that best suit a particular growing environment and all are recommended UK varieties. All packs come with the option (see below) of 50 x spiral guards (60cm x 50mm dia.) and supporting cane (90cm 12/14lbs) and packaged in forestry co-extruded bags.
All our trees are supplied with a plastic spiral guard, these are to protect the trees from rabbits and perhaps strimming or mowing after they have been planted. TCV and OVO Energy are committed to managing the amount of plastic we use and raising awareness of the importance of using less plastic.
Before placing your order, please consider: Do you need the spiral guards? Perhaps you are planting in a fenced or protected area. Perhaps you know you do not have a localised problem with rabbits. If you do not require spiral guards, or only a part order, please indicate this on your order form.
| Pack 1. Parkland | 10 x English Oak, 10 x Common Alder, 10 x Beech (common/green), 10 x Silver Birch and 10 x Hornbeam |
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| Pack 2. Large Garden | 10 x Downy Birch, 10 x Mountain Ash/Rowan, 10 x Aspen, 10 x Wild Cherry, and 10 x Field Maple |
| Pack 3. Small Garden | 10 x Mountain Ash/Rowan, 10 x Bird Cherry, 10 x Hazel, 10 x Common Crab Apple and 10 x Grey Willow |
| Pack 4. Wildlife & Shrubs | 50 trees – 10 each of Blackthorn, Hawthorn, Common Dogwood, Goat Willow and Dog Rose (This pack contains some hedgerow varieties, but is not a pure hedgerow pack) |
Whilst some species do vary a little from last season, all will be suitable for their pack location. These changes have had to be made simply because of availability.
(Please note, each order is limited to a maximum of 19 packs – 950 trees – in total)