Hertfordshire is set to become a whole lot greener as the ‘Your Tree Our Future’ scheme returns for 2025. This year, over 60,000 trees were available free of charge to residents and they have all been claimed already! That is a real commitment to a greener future by our residents.

Background – planting for tomorrow

Your Tree Our Future is a collaborative project delivered by us (the county council), Hertfordshire’s district and borough councils and voluntary sector partners. It is designed to enable Hertfordshire’s residents, businesses and community groups to help plant more trees across the county.

We set out with a goal to help residents plant 100,000 trees over four years. During its first three years, thousands of residents have taken part and helped plant more than 190,000 trees. In 2025 we planned to increase this number to 250,000 trees.

Residents were able to choose from eight different species and they all went, including a limited number of hedgerow packs are also available, which included 36 trees – enough to plant approximately 6 metres of hedgerow!

All of these trees are:

• Great Britain natives and suitable for Hertfordshire’s soil and environmental conditions (this gives them the best chance to grow to maturity)
• two years old and approximately 60-80cm tall (except for hawthorn, which is one year old and a little smaller, as they grow very quickly)
• grown at a UK tree nursery from seed collected in the UK
• beneficial to local wildlife.

We have not included trees that could outgrow a domestic garden, like oaks, or fruit trees that need more complex care.

What next?

As all trees have now been claimed, with trees will be available for collection in December, you are encouraged to sign up for next year.

Sign up to the wait list if you’re interested in taking part in the scheme in 2026. We’ll email you when the tree request window reopens.

Find out more about Your Tree Our Future HERE.