Resources

This guide from The Tree Council provides detailed information on the care and maintenance of newly planted trees to enhance their survival and growth.

This guide from The Tree Council provides information on tree protection measures – shelters, guards, spirals, tubes or fencing – to help you decide what might be most suitable when designing planting schemes.

Read our comprehensive guide on how to request a tree be protected by a Tree Preservation Order with specific information on who to contact in Plymouth.

PTP has produced this informal competency framework to help volunteer Tree Wardens keep track of their journey and to help provide them with a focus for acquiring new knowledge and skills.

PTP has compiled a list of topics and resources to help volunteer Tree Wardens extend their tree knowledge, both for interest and for building confidence in the role.One of Plymouth Tree People’s aims is to invest in our volunteer Tree Wardens and to help them learn and gain experience, but volunteers are also encouraged to extend their tree knowledge independently. There is a wide range of topics, and although everyone will have different interests, Tree Wardens are not expected to know it all.

This excellent 5-minute video from Halifax Regional Municipality, Canada, outlines the benefits of urban street trees.