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Sheffield recognised as a Tree City of the World

Sheffield has received Tree Cities of the World recognition, bringing a wealth of benefits to local communities, now and into the future....Read more »

School children plant hundreds of new trees in Sheffield

Sheffield’s new 15-year trees and woodlands strategy was approved last November, and the council committed to planting an additional 100,000 trees within the first ten years, adding to the city’s impressive seven trees per person.Two classes of year three children from Pipworth Community Primary Sch...Read more »

100,000 trees to be planted as part of trees and woodlands strategy

Sheffield is one of the greenest and most wooded cities in Europe and the greenest city in the UK. The city is proud of its rich variety of urban parks, woodland, countryside and other green spaces which are extremely popular destinations, attracting more than 25 million visits each year.Sheffield’s...Read more »

Statement on Sheffield war memorial trees (1)

Councillor Lewis Dagnall, Cabinet Member for Environment and Streetscene, said:"In this, the week of Remembrance Day, I am confirming that we have developed a plan to retain 32 of the 35 war memorial trees that were originally earmarked for replacement. The three that will still be replaced, on West...Read more »

100 war memorial trees to mark First World War centenary (1)

The first of 100 war memorial trees has been planted in Weston Park as part of the city’s commemoration of the centenary of First World War.The remainder of the first phase of plantings will see one large English oak tree established in 31 city and district parks, and avenues of smaller lime trees p...Read more »

New trees take root on Sheffield highways

10 January 2018 More than 1,200 young trees will take root along Sheffield’s streets this winter as the annual tree planting season continues.Sheffield is one of only a handful of local authorities in the UK who are benefitting from a fully-funded provision to replace street trees on a one for one b...Read more »

Council to replace 41 memorial trees and plant 300 more

13 December 2017     Sheffield City Council has today decided that, for the first time, it will guarantee in perpetuity the replanting of any war memorial tree that has to be replaced and will plant 300 new memorial trees in the city’s parks.  This comes following a council decision to replace 41 ex...Read more »

8, 000 new trees to be planted this year in Sheffield

13 November 2017 The first trees have been planted to mark the start of  the city’s tree planting season.  The Lord Mayor, Councillor Anne Murphy attended the ceremony held in Burngreave.   Over 8, 000 large and small trees will be planted from now until March 2018. Scouts from the 76th Sheffield St...Read more »

Council responds to further questions on its street tree replacement programme

5 October 2017 Five years on from the start of the Streets Ahead contract and questions around the street tree replacement programme continue to circulate.In recent years, several misconceptions about the programme have distorted some of the truths, with the long-term benefits becoming increasingly ...Read more »

Residents of Sheffield to decide where to plant tree memorials to honour war veterans

15 September 2017   Sheffield City Council has announced it is planting 300 memorial trees and will work with residents for ideas on where they should be planted and how they should look. The memorial trees will honour veterans from Sheffield who lost their lives in conflict and be planted in parks ...Read more »