Darlington Forest Project

We are a charitable trust from Darlington and trees are our passion!  Creating new woodland and planting trees is at the heart of what we do. Trees help tackle climate change.  Trees keep our air clean.  Trees help with flooding.  Trees are just great!

We were formed in November 2019 and have an amazing two seasons since then.  In that time, we’ve planted over 14,000 young trees.  We’ve also worked closely with 4 schools to educate and encourage appreciation of nature in our children.  At the schools, we’ve planted willow structures and planted fruit trees & legacy trees that the children can enjoy for many years to come.   This is only the beginning and we’re already planning for our next planting season starting in November 2022,

Our aim is to increase the tree cover in and around Darlington by the year 2030. This will hugely affect Darlington and the future of the town. We want to make sure we keep planting trees and improve the amount of trees in Darlington to counteract the deforestation which has and is happening.

We regularly work with other groups who share our passion such as Friends of the Earth, Friends of the various green spaces across Darlington, Durham Wildlife Trust and Darlington Borough Council.

Our Facebook ground has been growing at a rapid pace since we started and we hope to get as many people in Darlington as possible to help us spread the word.

Darlington Forest Project website, November 2023