News

November 2011

Woodland Trust Active Kids Initiative

Cheviot Trees are delighted to have recently been involved with an exciting project for the Woodland Trust which has involved producing hedge, copse & edible tree packs.  The edible packs contain dog rose, elder, cherry plum, hazel, crab apple and blackthorn saplings. All of which, when mature will not only provide shelter and habitats, but also edible nuts and fruit.

Over 18,000 schools from across the UK have received cell grown trees that have been successfully grown by Cheviot Trees as part of the Sainsburys Active Kids initiative.

Since the Trust launched hedge & copse packs in autumn 2004 over two million trees have been planted by schools and youth groups across the UK, providing a valuable contribution to native woodland habitats. The edible packs are new for the Woodland Trust and have been compiled to help increase the availability of food sources for many of our native species.  

This project was a milestone for Cheviot Trees as it was our first large scale project using 100% Peat Free compost. We look forward to working with the Trust on further projects as part of their efforts to increase forest cover in the UK.

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October 2011

Woodland Trust - Jubilee Project
To celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's 60th year an monarch, the Woodland Trust will be encouraging people in the UK to plant six million trees.  Follow the link to see photo's of HRH Princess Anne (patron of the Jubilee Woods) planting a the first tree of the Diamond Wood.

Princess Anne visits Burghley Wood to plant the first tree of Diamond Wood

2011-12 Season gets off to a great start!
The season is getting off to a great start.  Stock on the nursery is looking good and a great deal of it reserved already.  So if you would like to place an order, now is the time to check availability and reserve the plants you need.

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August 2011

New seasons price lists now available! 
Download printable copies of our latest Small Order Price List and our Wholesale Price List, or contact us if you would like a copy of our catalogue posted out to you.  Don't forget that Cheviot Trees are the north's largest stockist of the Tubex range of planting accessories, able to supply all your needs to give your young plants a great start.

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April 2011

Willows planted at the Olympic Stadium in London
Willow hedging was supplied by Cheviot Trees to be planted in the shadow of the new Olympic Stadium in London.

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March 2011

Woodland Trust Community Packs Scheme
Cheviot Trees' successful completion of a recent order from the Woodland Trust, to supply and deliver community woodland packs around the UK.

We delivered circa 200 packs to the UK mainland and islands over a two week period.  The packs contained various mixes of Cell Grown plants (Mixes - for wildlife, colour, edible or woodfuel in packs of either 105 or 420 plants).

Cheviot Trees has also recently been awared another contract by the Woodland Trust to supply over 10,000 hedge and copse packs over two seasons (autumn 2011 and spring 2012) to local community groups in the UK and Northern Ireland.

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February 2011

Cheviot Trees Sponsors Local Sports Personality of the Year Award

The achievements of local sports stars were recognised recently when Active Berwick staged their annual awards night at Berwick Rugby Club.

Cheviot Trees sponsored the local Sport Personality of the Year Award which was awarded to Alison Inglis, who is the club captain of Berwick Amateur Rowing Club

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January 2011

Planting Partners return to Harrogate 2011
For the 3rd consecutive year Coles Nurseries & Cheviot Trees joined forces to exhibit at the BTME exhibition in Harrogate between 18th-20th of Jan 2011.

The vibrant & exciting display showcased the diverse range of sizes of stock that the two companies produce – a true ‘one stop shop’ for all your plant needs!

Both sales teams were kept busy throughout the show as the stand proved very popular! We were delighted to catch up with so many existing customers & also attract many new customers.

Realising the importance of assisting our local customers, Coles Nurseries & Cheviot Trees decided to donate all plants to Harrogate Borough Council for use in local projects.

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December 2010

Kent County Council opts for Cell Grown Trees again 
Kent County Council has recently awarded the contract to supply 32,000 native broadleaf trees and schools for their ‘Free Trees Scheme’ to Cheviot Trees for a third year in a row. Ordering on behalf of Six Countryside Management Partnerships with the County, the Cell Grown plants are delivered to each central pick up point for the partnerships on a specific date ready for collection. The scheme has been a huge success for the county as anyone can register to get their free trees by filling out an online application form. Additional tree and protection are also available to purchase as required.

Cheviot Trees is proud to be part of this incentive again this year, as anything that gets more trees planted is beneficial to our environment.

Cheviot Trees to supply The Woodland Trust 
Cheviot Trees has recently been awarded the contract to supply the Woodland Trust with 450,000 native trees and hedging plants for their ‘Trees for All’ project.

The ‘Trees for All’ project aims to supply schools, youth and community groups the opportunity of planting trees in their local area. This in turn will help deliver the governments’ aim of increasing the UK’s woodland cover and other connected policies and objectives.

Cheviot Trees will be supplying these plants in either a woodland copse pack or a hedging pack. Each pack contains 30 plants – 10 each of Wild Cherry, Rowan and Silver Birch for the copse pack, and 6 each of Hazel, Hawthorn, Holly, Dogwood and Dog Rose for the hedge pack.

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November 2010

Planting Partners return to Harrogate 2011
Celebrating the versatility of planting trees and shrubs for structure, screening, beauty and impact on golf courses, amenity open spaces and grounds across the UK, Cheviot Trees and Coles Nurseries will once again become "planting partners" at the British Turf Machinery and Equipment Exhibition, Harrogate Week 2011.

To catch up with UK soft landscaping and horticultural developments with these two companies at the forefront of nursery stock production, visit Hall M, Stand M31.

For more information on the Show, please visit the Harrogate Week website.

Bio-hybrid Tree Shelter Innovation  NEW!
This autumn sees the launch of the new Bio-Hybrid tree shelter by Tubex. The first in a range of next generation shelters that offers a financially viable, sustainable & biodegradable alternative to traditional shelters.

Whilst other manufacturers have launched degradable shelters of variable quality, the Tubex Bio-Hybrid shelter contains 30% starch which positively degrades over a predetermined time of 3-5 years.

 

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October 2010

500,000 trees supplied to Borders Forest Trust
In recent years the Borders Forest Trust have been working hard to establish Native broadleaf woodlands in the Scottish Borders area, and Cheviot Trees are growing and have supplied the first of nearly ½ a million trees, mostly grown from seed collected locally.

The latest batch in this project, seen here being loaded, are to be planted at the Devils Beef Tub scheme at Corehead just north of Moffat. Given the hostility of the site, Cell Grown trees were chosen to achieve best results as there will be little good soil to plant into on such an upland site.

Cheviot Trees have already supplied the Tubex tree shelters and stakes for the same contract to give added defence against vermin.

Scottish Aspen Propagation
To conserve Scottish native aspen stocks, Cheviot Trees have collected material from selected clones of Aspen throughout Scotland. Genuine Scottish Aspen stock is now available, with limited quantities ex stock, but with contract grows available for next season (2011/12).  This stock will only be available in cells @ circa 40/60cm height.