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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...
Congratulations to Ai Tree Sevices Limited on becoming an ARB Approved...
Jon Heuch outlines what the Freedom of Information requests have shown us...
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...
As part of this celebration of World Environment Day, the SocEnv and key...
Update on Government guidance issued Sunday 10th, Monday 11th and Tuesday...
A chart showing financial measures for UK businesses.
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...
The first in a series of updates on Oak Processionary Moth activity from the...
The Arboricultural Association launches the Urban Tree World Cup
On April 2nd we received a response from Defra Minister Lord Goldsmith and...
John O’Conner (Grounds Maintenance) Ltd has announced its chairman...
NHSappeals for protective equipment for staff on the front line of the...
The Arboricultural Association has written to Environment Secretary George...
This article outlines some of the financial help announced by the government...
In this rapidly changing situation, the Association continues to support and...
An update for Technician, Professional and Fellow members of the association...
This year we received over 250 entries to our annual photo contest, here are...
A guide to useful help and advice during the COVID-19 pandemic
The Association is working closely with the Parliamentary Ornamental...
The organisers of the 23rd EFUF in Manchester, UK regret to announce the...
In this article I would like to examine the ‘subbie’ (sub...
Women in Arboriculture Networking Day @ Kew 26th March 2020 - POSTPONED
2020 marks the International Year of Plant Health. Over the next few months...
It seems fashionable to focus on the planting of trees, national and local...
The Arboricultural Association wish to provide notice that we will be putting...
Unfortunately, the Arboricultural Association has had to take the decision to...
Follow the journey of Frank Spooner to become an AA Registered Consultant
Please complete the survey to help us understand the extent, severity and...
The latest update for the industry consultation on the revisions to the...
New arboricultural standards TeST, which stands for Technical Standards in...
Treescapes2020 is a unique two-day conference, which aims to stimulate...
With more and more people in the arb sector facing really difficult times...
The #ARBatWork 2020 photo competition is now open for VOTING!
In memory of Steve Coombes, Jez Lawton remembers how Steve gave him his start...
Fund4Trees has awarded a research grant to Dr Andrew Hirons and his research...
08/04/2013
Biodiversity 2020, the government’s strategy for England’s wildlife and ecosystem services, has been with us since 2011...
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31/03/2013
Scottish Tree Health Action Group (STHAG) issue guidance on Chalara Die-back of Ash in Scotland along with associated guidance on Dothistroma Needle Blight and Ramorum on Larch...
28/03/2013
Defras management plan reveals that it's impossible to eradicate ash dieback from the UK...
26/03/2013
Major project to find Chalara-resistant ash trees has been announced...
19/03/2013
Woodland Trust launch new document setting out importance of urban trees for water quality and management...
07/03/2013
On Thursday 15 November 2012, DCLG's website was replaced by a new Inside Government section of www.gov.uk.
22/02/2013
Many of you will now be aware of the requirement to notify of certain plant imports but we thought you might want to see the full text of the letter from DEFRA to see the detail and reasoning...
14/02/2013
The Forestry Commission have recently created a webpage offering practical guidance for arborists regarding the management of ash trees in the light of Chalara fraxinea...
Further to our posting 14th January 2013 the AA has collated the views of those members and individuals who have written to us and sent the following response to the Taylor Review...
25/01/2013
We are sad to announce the death of Dr Tom Hall, who died on Saturday 12th January 2013...
14/01/2013
On Friday 21 December 2012 the DCLG announced its open consultation seeking views on the conclusions and recommendations of the review of planning guidance led by Lord Taylor.
09/01/2013
After ten years as a Technical Officer at the Arboricultural Association, Guy Watson has decided to move on...