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Long established & accredited tree work company based in the south east...
Online webinars celebrating trees and fungi
If you manage trees in England we want to hear your views
The Government has today (16 February) announced plans to address the plant...
This year’s contest sees a bigger prize giveaway than ever before
Defra are looking for input from arborists in developing a list of items for...
For the last in the series we have included parts 11 and 12 in one special...
An informal chat to discuss issue hosted by the Women in Arboriculture Group.
Today, as we seek long-term sustainable tree species for our towns and cities...
Formerly known as Scottish Natural Heritage. NatureScot sets out its...
A new initiative on bacterial plant diseases has been launched
The Association is launching its new Registered Consultant application process
The AA launch of a new route to Technician membership
A guide to help you record your Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
Results for the Women in Arboriculture Group Kit Survey published, with over...
We are delighted to have launched four of the suite of five Technical Guides ...
The Arboricultural Association Scotland Branch is pleased to announce that...
What was the impact of OPM management as it corresponded with the first...
A year in the life of the Arboricultural Association
In celebration of #NationalTreeWeek the Arboricultural Association launches...
The Arboricultural Associations is supporting National Tree Week with...
We are pleased to launch a new prize aimed at celebrating careers in...
Alan Crawford gives us a flavour of his book Whispering Woods – Tales from...
A range of Technical Guides have been developed and are now available
An opportunity for a Trustee Treasurer to help contribute to the...
Dean Meadows, TMA Environmental Consultants, as been included in the...
People in horticulture are facing growing financial challenges - the need for...
The Association’s Guidance Note 12: The Use of Cellular Confinement...
The Arboricultural Association has produced a two part response to the...
Peter Howson has been appointed as a new Director of the ATO.
Get ready for the expense of Christmas with Perennial’s online...
Tickets are now on sale for the Virtual National Tree Officers Conference...
Two highly anticipated upcoming fungi publications are now available for you...
The Arboricultural Association (AA) is thrilled to announce that the winner...
The first ever tree health week aims to raise awareness of the threats our...
Liam McGough reflects on his journey to become an ARB Approved Contractor
On the 7th September 2020 a vegetation contractor fell approximately 10...
Last week saw us host our first socially distanced training course at the...
Beekeepers and members of the public were today asked to remain vigilant...
Take to complete this survey to help us to develop four new apprenticeships...
August saw incidents involving goalposts that raises safety concerns
The Arboricultural Association has produced a response to the England Tree...
The AA AGM 2020 sees new Chair and Vice Chair elected.
What we need is sustainable, realistic tree planting on sites where it is...
Spring arrives full of promise and a cue to rejoice is spotting my old...
In Scotland, court cases involving trees are rare and reported cases in the...
It’s widely accepted that more trees need to be planted but how can we...
This actually has nothing to do with Covid-19 or cholera. If you cast your...
An update of the impact of Covid-19 on the Association’s activities
Further updates to the progress of ICoP and technical guides
Three of the Arb Association’s Media & Communications committee...
Jon Heuch outlines what the Freedom of Information requests have shown us...
Congratulations to Ai Tree Sevices Limited on becoming an ARB Approved...
A pioneering new project to investigate the health of British oak trees has...
Cross-sector partners receive response to England Tree Strategy Consultation...
We invite our members to join us for the 54th Annual General Meeting of the...
A new research report entitled Stationary Rope Technique (SRT) Work...
Arboricultural Association writes to Lord Goldsmith to outline our concerns...
The Forestry Commission have released a report detailing results of research...
Forestry Minister Lord Goldsmith has urged farmers and landowners to join a...
This is the ‘draft for consultation’ for the first of five new...
The third in a series of updates on Oak Processionary Moth activity from the...
We now invite nominations from individual members willing and able to...
It’s that time again, time to recognise a significant contribution to...
Arboricultural Association announce 2020 AA Amenity Conference is postponed...
Plans to accelerate tree planting and improve the management of our existing...
New T Level can bring more skilled young people into agriculture, land...
Research has begun this summer to throw new light into a little understood...
Laura King outlines 10 considerations to help ensure the home office is safe...
Treeconomics and Pius Floris Boomverzorging to work collaboratively on urban...
The Women in Arboriculture kit survey, we would appreciate your comments on...
The LTOA and ATO issued a survey in April 2020 to gauge the change in working...
This report covers some key learning from the events reported to Utility...
The trials and tribulations of watering are probably the biggest topic to...
When deciding on the best profession to write to about the virtues of open...
A research project will investigate the potential to improve bat surveys of...
We were saddened to hear of the passing of Paul Collins, who died on 14 March.
We are sad to announce the death de Gourét Litchfield at his home in...
John Parker outlines the Arboricultural Association reaction to the COVID-19...
An update of the current state-of-play with our industry guidance materials
In April Defra introduced new national measures intended to prevent the...
Changes in Plant Health legal requirements in the UK means changes to ash...
Human health apart, 2020 is of course also the International Year of Plant...
Initial results of the AA’s Oak Processionary Moth (OPM) survey
In light of Coronavirus, Defra and the Forestry Commission considered whether...
This new poster expands and updates government endorsed advice issued by the...
The UK Government has issued new guidance on preventing Xylella fastidiosa...
Update on Government guidance issued Sunday 10th, Monday 11th and Tuesday...
A chart showing financial measures for UK businesses.
As part of this celebration of World Environment Day, the SocEnv and key...
The annual SocEnv Awards has once again attracted an extremely high calibre...
The Arboricultural Association is pleased to announce the release of the...
The Arboricultural Association announces invitation to curate and host the...
Advice for those who continues to work during the Coronavirus pandemic
After an eventful tournament we have a winner, the London plane is crowned...
The AA, LTOA, MTOA and ATO have launched a campaign to ensure that newly...
Join Perennial on Tuesday 28th April for their online Quiz Night for HortAid-20
A request from Kieron Doick Head of Urban Forest Research Group.
£10m available from the Woodland Carbon Guarantee’s £50m...
The Government has issued updated guidance in relation to social distancing...
26/01/2016
The AA are hosting seminars around the UK exploring various aspects of the BS5837 Standard. Speakers include Jeremy Barrell, Dave Cashman and Mark Wadey. Offering one or two days if you only one or...
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21/01/2016
In light of the recent devastating floods, there have once again been calls for the reforestation of our uplands, to help tackle rural flooding.
14/01/2016
In the absence of all the facts, we are unable to comment on Sheffield in any specific way, but the press reports we have seen seem to indicate that there is a high level of public disquiet in the...
06/01/2016
Former AA President Lord Framlingham hosted the launch of the long awaited and much valued London i-Tree Eco urban forest survey attended by key figures including representatives from the AA
05/01/2016
UPDATE: The appeal guidance has been amended, to take out references to the spirit of the Town and Country Planning Rules for Hearings and Inquiries.
04/01/2016
New research has prompted scientists to call policymakers to plant more trees alongside upland rivers and streams, in an effort to save their habitats from the future harm of climate change.
21/12/2015
Government approval has today been granted to two brand new Trailblazer apprenticeship standards which are set to benefit employers in the forestry and arboriculture sector.
18/12/2015
The aim of this conference is to reposition the relationships between city and landscape, as reflected in the practice and academia of various disciplines. To this end, we seek to revisit the...
09/12/2015
In our communication 25th November we advised members that the AA is in discussion with the ISA.
03/12/2015
As someone with responsibilities regarding the management of trees directly or indirectly, you are being approached to participate in a survey, commissioned by Defra, to understand the current...
25/11/2015
Following the disbanding of the ISA UK & Ireland Chapter (UK&I) earlier this year, the ISA undertook a survey of its membership within the United Kingdom and Ireland...
05/11/2015
Confor has joined forces with The Woodland Trust to urge the Government to raise its ambitions and ensure tens of millions more trees are planted in England for the lifetime of...