Hundreds of trees are set to be planted across Manchester beginning next week as the Council marks National Tree Week.
From Chorlton to Moss Side, Brooklands to Miles Platting, shovels will be hitting the ground as the Council works to make our neighbourhoods that bit greener.
Secured by granting funding through the Urban Tree Challenge Fund and Northern Forest, this stage of planting is expected to be completed by the spring of 2026. In this latest round of funding £739,000 has been made available for the planting of new trees throughout Manchester.
Trees are, and remain, one of the things which keeps Manchester vibrant and feeling like a living, breathing city. Throughout the entire city there are parks, natural habitats and woodlands that are shared and enjoyed by tens of thousands of people every day.
But, additional work needs to be done not only to preserve the existing woodland we have, but expand and develop new areas of green space.
Backed by the Woodland Trust, Manchester City Council has been working with its partners to further this aim under the umbrella of the Grow Back Greener programme – a nationwide push to green our cities.
During this tranche of planting, 269 trees will be planted in total across the following locations:
- Carrswood Road
- Chorlton Park
- Cringle Park
- Gaskell Street Park
- Moss Side Park
- Philips Park
- Santiago Street Park
- Wythenshawe Park
When planted this will bring the number of trees planted in Manchester since 2015 to just under 5,000.
The trees will range from a number of native species including Oak, Hawthorn, Rowan and Elder, as well as non-native species such as Ginkgo and Dawn Redwood. Over the course of their life the trees planted could grow to between 5m and 30m tall.
Councillor Lee-Ann Igbon, Executive Member for Vibrant Neighbourhoods, said: “I’m thrilled that we’ve been able to secure additional funding that will see hundreds of more trees planted throughout our neighbourhoods.
“Through our Clean and Green initiative the Council has pledged to spend £15m over a three-year period, cleaning up our neighbourhoods, providing more green space and making people feel proud of where they live.
“On top of being beautiful in their own right, trees are so important not only for encouraging and supporting biodiversity, but filtering pollutants from the air and providing shade during the hotter summer months.
“We want Manchester to be a city that people feel proud of and at the forefront of that aim is creating beautiful neighbourhoods.”