When you’re walking through a woodland and see an older tree with signs of decay, snapped branches with bits of dead wood hanging, cavities

New study from the University of Leeds shows how access to trees and green spaces can be improved in four cities within the White Rose Forest.

Alan Thornton, director of Fruit Works Co-operative, has the answers …

ATF Webinar: Dead & Decaying Trees

Just as the wildlife in your orchard changes from season to season, so do the management requirements. Seasonality is important to so many aspects of orchard management, and sometimes knowing […]

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The Volunteer Managers’ Network co-ordinated by Voluntary Action Leeds (VAL) is a practitioner led platform that welcomes anyone who’s role involves recruiting and supporting volunteers.  Through the ...

Many flowers can be eaten. Grow some in your school garden or pick those you have already growing there.

On a grey autumn morning, the apples in the National Fruit Collection look vivid. They pile up in pyramids of carmine, salmon and golden-orange around dwarf trees, which have been bred to human proportions....

After searching for community orchard land to no avail, a group plans to plant in people's gardens.

I wanted to write a piece about this spring, the spring of 2025. It has been unusually warm, very dry and not at all windy. I was a little worried but also intrigued. How would the trees fair in su…

In this workshop session we'll map how Right To Grow policies can best support community food growing and system change in Northern cities

Read how Myerscough College and Hillier partnered to improve water management in tree nurseries with the help of the Tree Production Innovation Fund (TPIF).

Subtle DNA changes in trees demonstrate Charles Darwin’s natural selection – although human help may be needed

Join the Leeds & Bradford harvest share scheme to get delicious, fresh local heritage fruit grown in a traditional orchard with many Yorkshire varieties.

With the right planning and with significant investment in infrastructure, around 25% of all veg in schools across Wales could be Welsh organic by 2030.

Homes and Neighbourhoods: A Guide to Designing in Bradford