Resources

Ancient Tree Forum
The Ancient Tree Forum was founded in 1993 by a group of people who had come together to discuss the management of ancient trees.

Arboricultural Association
The Arboricultural Association is the leading body in the UK for the amenity tree care profession in either civic or commercial employment at craft, technical, supervisory, managerial or consultancy level. The objective of the Arboricultural Association is: “to advance the science of Arboriculture for the public benefit”

Arboricultural Information Exchange
Arboricultural Information Exchange (AIE) provides update information in to the industry including law cases, health and safety information, new procedures etc.

Barcham Trees
Barcham Trees is the largest container tree nursery in Europe and are the container tree specialists.

Consulting Arborist Society
The Consulting Arborist Society website is a resource for the general public to use in order to quickly find suitably trained and experienced Tree Consultants, capable of offering reports to satisfy a range of specific problems.

Department of Communities and Local Government
Communities and Local Government's vision is to create great places where people want to live, work and raise a family...

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Defra is the UK government department responsible for policy and regulations on the environment, food and rural affairs.

Forestry Commission
The Forestry Commission is the government department responsible for the protection and expansion of Britain's forests and woodlands.

Geosynthetics
Goesynthetics supply three dimensional cellular confinement systems for working close to trees in order to disperse load and geotextile root barrier systems amongst many other products.

Institute of Biology
The Institute of Biology is the professional body for UK biologists. It was founded in 1950, obtained a Royal Charter in 1979, and is a registered charity. Its 14,000 members work in industry, research, education and healthcare, amongst other areas.

Institute of Chartered Foresters
The Institute is the professional body for foresters and arboriculturists throughout the UK. The Institute is regulated by its Royal Charter, Bylaws and Regulations, and is required to maintain and uphold a Code of Ethics and rules of Professional Conduct.

International Society of Arboriculture
The International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) is the worlds largest group of professional arborists with over 14,000 members distributed throughout 38 "chapters" across the 5 continents.

International Society of Arboriculture (Uk & Ireland)
This is the UK and Irelands Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture.

National Tree Officers Association
The National Association of Tree Officers (NATO) is a UK based, independent organisation that represents and distributes the views and concerns of Tree Officers nationwide. NATO contributes to various other organisations including government departments. They produce a quarterly newsletter, a professional development manual and support numerous discounted training modules.

Natural England
Natural England is the government’s advisor on the natural environment. We provide practical advice, grounded in science, on how best to safeguard England’s natural wealth for the benefit of everyone.

Quantified Tree Risk Assessment
Quantified Tree Risk Assessment (QTRA) system applies established and accepted risk management principles to tree safety management.

Royal Horticultural Society
The Royal Horticultural Society is the UK's leading gardening charity dedicated to advancing horticulture and promoting good gardening. Their goal is to help people share a passion for plants, to encourage excellence in horticulture and inspire all those with an interest in gardening.

Society of Environment
The Society aspires to be the leading and coordinating professional body in environmental matters and a pre-eminent champion of a sustainable environment.

Styles Creative Ltd
Styles Creative is an innovative web design company which creates bespoke websites.

The Linnean Society
The Linnean Society of London remains the leading forum for contemporary discussions on genetics, natural history, systematics, biology and the history of plant and animal taxonomy.

The Tree Advice Trust
A useful source of information. Try Publications/Tree Damage Alerts

The Tree Register
The Tree Register is a registered charity collating and updating a database of notable trees throughout Britain and Ireland.

Treesource
The Treesource bookshop brings together a ready source of topical and essential reference works for the tree professional.