Welcome to Community Trees MK
We are a small charitable incorporated organisation. We work with the communities of MK and public landowners to plant trees across MK. We find sites, provide trees and then organise local people to plant them.
Originally set up in 2020, our initial aim was to plant a minimum of 1,000 trees a year for 10 years across MK. In 2024 we became a fully registered charity and to date we have planted almost 17,500 trees with the people of Milton Keynes.
See our About page for the latest update as to where we are with our goals and more information about our group.
News
New 2025 tree planting events available to book now!
Tree planting season is well and truly here and we’ve released bookings for the following free events: New Bradwell edible hedge – Saturday 1st February 2025, session commencing 10:00 Brought to you in association with New Bradwell Parish Council and Milton Keynes City Council Stony Stratford Riverside community tree planting – Saturday 8th February 2025. Two tree planting sessions commencing at 10:00 and 12:00 noon Brought to you in association with Stony Stratford Town Council and Milton Keynes City Council. Middleton Community garden tree planting – Saturday 15th February 2025, tree planting session commencing 10:00 Brought to you in…
New tree planting events available to book now!
Tree planting season is nearly here and we’ve released bookings for the following free events: Sat 16th Nov – Middleton Wood Meadow Community maintenance event Sat 30th Nov – Coffee Hall saplings and Peartree Bridge fruit tree planting Sat 7th Dec – Tattenhoe Orchard Community Fruit Tree Planting Book onto any or all of our Nov/Dec events here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/…/community-trees-mk… More to follow in 2025!
Money raised following Lush MK visit
You may recall that we were invited by Lush Milton Keynes store to take part in their “12 weeks of Christmas” fundraising project. Some of our team attend the Lush MK store on Saturday the 28th of October last. As a result of which Lush MK raised an incredible £908.89 for our project. An amazing amount of money which will go to supporting our 2024 activities. We are all incredible grateful to the team at Lush MK and to all of the people who purchased a charity pot during that weekend. Thank you, from all of us.
Community Trees MK to visit Lush MK
We are excited to share that Community Trees MK has been selected to take part in “12 Weeks of Christmas” at Lush Milton Keynes, a fundraising project where they raise money for 12 different charities over 12 weekends in the run up to Christmas. When: Saturday 28th October 2023 between 11am and 3pm Where: 58, The Centre MK, 60 Midsummer Blvd, Milton Keynes MK9 3ES What: We will have a space to talk to customers about our tree planting activities. In addition, funds will be raised from sales of the ‘Charity Pot’ hand and body lotion. All proceeds…
Middleton Wood Meadow: A Tale of Good Community Planting
A bit of news for the website. We thought you might like to see how trees well-planted 18 months ago are fairing at high summer – and it is good news! We pride ourselves on good planning and planting trees properly so that they get the best possible start. This area of Middleton Wood Meadow was planted in November 2021 and February 2022 and is obviously thriving with great growth, lots of leaf cover and berries for wildlife Our community planters should be really proud of themselves and their legacy for Milton Keynes – the “City of Trees”!
CTMK Gets “Magic Little Grant”
CTMK has been awarded a grant of £500 from “Magic Little Grants” a scheme run by Localgiving in partnership with The People’s Postcode Lottery. This will help us with the operational cost of organising events – insurance, van hire, equipment, buying trees, etc – so that we can keep providing free trees for community planting.
Rochfords, Coffee Hall – Two Years On
One of our first projects in December 2020 was working with Woughton Community Council and Milton Keynes Youth Cabinet to plant an edible hedge and a small orchard at Rochfords in Coffee Hall. We pride ourselves on planting trees properly so that they get the best possible start. So, going back two years later, it is great to see the hedge and the fruit trees really thriving with a great crop of fruit set after the perfect early Spring – lots of rain followed by lots of sunshine. Our early planters should be really proud of themselves and…
Community Tree Planting in Milton Keynes: Another Great Season Draws to a Close
Wow – what a community effort! Together with our Partners at The Parks Trust Milton Keynes, Broughton and Milton Keynes Village Parish Council and Newport Pagnell Town Council, local communities have planted more than 2000 trees since our first tree planting event this season in November 2022. Trees were donated by the Woodland Trust and the International Tree Foundation. Together, we planted: 400 trees in two copses at the new Middleton Community Garden with Broughton and Milton Keynes Village Parish Council 300 trees at Hornbeam Bike Park in Newport Pagnell with the Town Council 1300 more trees at Middleton Wood…
Middleton Wood Meadow: MK Schools Plant More of Their Wood
Schools tree planting week was a little more challenging this February because it clashed with industrial action by teachers. Nevertheless, six MK schools managed to plant more than 270 trees to add to the area of the Wood Meadow planted by MK schools. Together with The Parks Trust, we were still able to increase the number to 400 overall by some last minute actions: inviting families to plant with us on the strike day getting MK Home Educators to fill a vacant slot on the Thursday, and to celebrate another great tree planting season, staff from The Parks Trust and…
Middleton Wood Meadow: Family Planting Morning
Our friends at The Parks Trust are having a family tree planting morning on Wednesday 1st March 09:30-11:00 For more info and to book a place for your family, click on this link THEPARKSTRUST.COM Community Volunteering: Family Tree Planting Middleton Wood Meadow 2023-03-01
Middleton Wood Meadow: A Great Community Effort!
Saturday 18th February, 2023 saw the greatest number yet of community planters turn out to deliver the next stage of Middleton Wood Meadow. More than 75 volunteers joined CTMK and The Parks Trust at Middleton Park and put 400 new trees and shrubs in the ground to complete the bank near the new newt ponds. Planters were all ages, of all faiths and none, working together to plant UK native species – Dog Rose, Hazel, Hawthorn, Blackthorn, Dogwood, Hornbeam, Small Leaf Lime, Field Maple, Crab Apple and, being so close to Oakgrove, a sprinkling of substantial Oaks! Middleton…
Hornbeam Bike Park: Adding the Finishing Touch!
More than 50 volunteer planters joined CTMK and Newport Pagnell Town Council at the new Hornbeam Bike Park on Saturday 11th February, 2023. They completed the project by putting 300 new trees and shrubs in the ground to create a new hedge to hide the palisade fence next to the motorway and a new copse to extend the existing wood on the south side. Planters ranged from the very young – just one month old – to the more mature – plenty of grandmas and granddads. All plants were UK native species including Wild Privet, Dog Rose, Hazel, Guelder…