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The 2025 Urban Tree Festival is now open for submissions!

We are opening submissions a little earlier this year, based on feedback from our participants, and submissions will be accepted via our on-line form.*

Inspired by the ‘The London Tree Ring’ vision to surround London with an unbroken ring of trees, working to encircle London with treescapes – connecting up a rich mosaic of other habitats – as a kind of superhighway for nature. We invite submissions for events on the theme of ‘Discovering Urban Trees.’ Are you within The London Tree Ring zone?* How would you like to get involved? Outside of the zone? How could your stories inspire and encourage interaction with Urban Trees…

The deadline for submissions this year will be midnight BST 21st March 2025 – giving you 6 weeks to submit your events! Please ensure your events are uploaded by this date, we cannot guarantee late submissions will be added to the programme.

We are happy to receive submissions for online events hosted by you.

We are particularly keen to hear about activities designed with inclusion in mind.

Submit your event here:

https://forms.gle/EwqCU8xTEcpRyiKU8

Find out more here:

https://urbantreefestival.org/submit-your-2025-events

More info about the CPRE London’s The London Tree Ring project can be found here:

*Support for those unable to complete the form is still available. 

APA style reference

Sara Hayes, & Wood, P. (2025). The 2025 Urban Tree Festival is now open for submissions!. walk · listen · create. https://walklistencreate.org/2025/02/06/the-2025-urban-tree-festival-is-now-open-for-submissions/
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