I Dig Trees - Corporate Support

Your support will allow us to provide free trees to those communities making a difference in their neighbourhoods. It will pay for the trees, delivery, stakes and guards, and most importantly, provides the support and aftercare guidance that our tree volunteers need to ensure success.

Grown in the UK, our native tree packs have been carefully selected with our communities and nature in mind. Trees suited to the environment, bringing maximum benefit for cherished green spaces and the wildlife within. Our ultimate goal is to ensure these trees thrive - for climate, wildlife and our communities!

By supporting I Dig Trees, you’ll be taking positive action on climate change, whilst protecting wildlife and enabling communities across the UK to improve their local green spaces. You'll be leaving a lasting green legacy for generations to come. You’ll be taking active steps towards your sustainability and social responsibility goals.

You’ll receive confirmation at the end of the season! Together, we are making a positive difference year-on-year and truly achieving something phenomenal – that's real people power. You can see where your trees are being planted on the I Dig Trees impact map.

We really hate to say it, but it's highly unlikely and we want to be upfront about that. Trees are living things, and sadly with all the care in the world, we can’t guarantee that every one of your saplings will make it. Nature can be tough!

But together, we shall give them the best possible start in life. We provide our tree planters with advice and guidance on quality planting, and the aftercare and maintenance they need to have the very best chance of surviving and thriving.

Good question. We follow our trees from dispatch through to planting, but it shouldn’t end there, and it doesn’t! We check in with our community groups who’ve applied in the past to see how the trees are getting on as part of our annual survey.

85% of respondents report visiting their trees at least once a month to check on their progress. We continue to develop our support guides to reflect the changing climate and challenges for aftercare.

Now we have a new audit process to help us better understand the impact these trees are having – the true measure of their legacy. With the help of the wonderful I Dig Trees community we’re introducing a programme of surveys to record the impact of our tree planting on biodiversity and benefits to the local environment.

We wish we could, but it's not that simple. In the early years, trees capture only a small amount of carbon. Through photosynthesis, trees convert carbon dioxide and store it in their timber.

When they are saplings, their size limits the amount they can store. It takes time for trees to mature and reach their full carbon storage potential. Typically, it's around year 10 when trees begin to make a significant impact, and it could take 50 or more years for them to store carbon at scale.

However, at TCV, we don't solely focus on immediate carbon savings because trees are a long-term commitment. They are a legacy for future generations to enjoy, and the carbon savings will accumulate over time. It's similar to the concept of compound interest!

The short answer is no! The long one is that TCV focuses on planting in our towns and cities. The majority of trees we plant will fall outside of the Woodland Carbon Code – simply because of the volume planted in any one place.

Together, we are creating a network of pocket forests across the UK, linking up corridors for wildlife. Does a tree work harder to capture carbon if it knows it's registered? Of course not! It just doesn’t get a certificate for its efforts. 😊

A registered and unregistered tree both sequester the same amount of carbon, they both provide the benefits for climate, wildlife and our communities. And we’re proud of them all.

We calculate the carbon your trees can capture based on latest data analysis from the Woodland Carbon Code. But we do make some assumptions as there are many factors at play such as growth, species, location, and topography. With the help of some very clever friends, we have created a formula to give us an average figure per tree that we are confident in. We review this figure every year depending on the species makeup of our tree packs. As science develops, then so will our data, as we continue to improve our understanding and reporting on the truly awesome impact that I Dig Trees is having across the UK – for climate, for wildlife and communities.

We recognise some amazing projects happening across the planet for climate and wildlife, but here at TCV we are focused on the UK and boosting biodiversity in our own back garden! [deliberate pun intended].

Our commitment, working with our amazing volunteers and community groups, is to make the UK greener for us all to enjoy, forever.