Future Trees Trust

Who we are

Future Trees Trust is a registered charity dedicated to the improvement of broadleaved trees by conventional selective breeding. The aim of our work is to breed broadleaved trees to improve their resilience to disease, climate change adaptability, growth rate and form. Our work is needed because current broadleaved woodlands are of insufficient quality, climatic adaptability and disease resistance to provide an economically viable timber resource, meaning that the UK imports 95% of the hardwood timber it uses.

By ensuring future tree populations are healthier, more disease resilient, adapted to climate change and more productive, we hope more people will decide to plant more and better broadleaved trees. More trees planted mean many more benefits to our environment, our economy, countless species of woodland flora and fauna, the many thousands of people who work in the forestry and associated sectors, millions of people that enjoy visiting them and not least to the very nature of our countryside.