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Maintenance and monitoring is at the heart of our operations and is a growing program. As we get further along, you'll see more and more information from us about how our trees are progressing, what we're learning and developing along the way

The end of the summer events calendar saw us out at the Abergavenny Food Festival - a great weekend despite the weather. Getting out to the local and agricultural shows is really important to us and we've been delighted to meet a lot of you in person over the last few months. 

Stump Up For Trees has received a second year of funding support from the Brecon Beacons Local Nature Partnership - Connector Grant Programme at the maximum grant of £15,000!

These funds will enable us to develop the next stages of our Seed to Tree program - directly targeting nature recovery through community action and individual engagement in the Bannau Brycheiniog and South Wales.

Our new Stump Up For Trees Nursery manager is appointed! With thanks to support from the National Lottery Community Fund / Cronfa Gymunedol y Loteri Genedlaethol and all our wonderful supporters who leant their voices to our application.

'Roots for Hope' was a project started by Dr. Jack Parry Jones, for the planting of a COVID memorial woodland at Graig Barn Farm. The trees are looking great, and we got the opportunity to take volunteers (some of whom helped plant them) to help us install a bench to remember all the patients who passed through the intensive care unit at Cardiff University Hospital during the pandemic and commemorate the extraordinary work of the medical teams.  

We are really proud to partner with St David’s Hotel, and to support their commitment to environmental sustainability through their 'Meetings For Good' initiative.

We're thrilled to announce that Stump Up For Trees is now managing the 'Cradle for Nature' site in Varteg, Pontypool. We are committed to building on the impressive achievements of the original team in soil and ecological restoration at this 30-year research site. Our plans include site maintenance, community engagement, and long-term planning with local stakeholders. Join us in this journey towards a sustainable future!

National Hedgerow Week: In our second blog focusing on Hedgerows, Jenny talks about the brilliant Traditional Boundaries of Wales project which is being run in partnership between the Bannau Brycheiniog National Park Authority and Stump Up For Trees. 

This project has demonstrated the enthusiasm of farmers to increase and restore hedgerow boundaries within their farms and the wider awareness of the core benefits of this under celebrated habitat.

We've been accepted for the Big Give Green Match Fund, with a £10,000 match fund pot! This means we can raise £20k in total. This will go towards our core practices, supporting our woodland creation team and office in ensuring we're doing the very best we can for biodiversity. Of course, the more funds raised for our core activities, the more funds we can use to get trees in the ground!

Stump Up For Trees plants its 250,000th tree, reaching a quarter of its 1 Million Trees target. Demonstrating the agency of individuals and communities to take action in the nature and climate crises.