Elm Tree

The elm tree, which was virtually wiped out in Britain 50 years ago, could return to the countryside, according to a new report. More than 20 million of the trees were lost to Dutch Elm Disease in the 1960s and 1970s, but a handful of enthusiasts have since been...

Plant Hedges to protect children

Planting hedges around playgrounds adjacent to busy roads can reduce children’s exposure to traffic pollution, a study has found. Various schools have planted hedges around their playgrounds to protect children from toxins, but this was the first study to investigate...

Tory Pledge

  The Tories pledge to plant 30 million new trees by 2025. Let’s hope a lot of them get planted in our cities, because trees in towns don’t just help reduce CO2: as an article in this month’s Lancet showed, they lower the risk of death from cancer and heart...