Tree and Hedging Group

The members of this group are UK growers and suppliers of field and container-grown tree and hedging plants. Our group plays a key role in the growing and distribution of trees for large-scale forestry projects, landscaping schemes and for sale in garden centres across the UK. The group has representatives from around 35 businesses, from the North of Scotland to the South of England.

Our group holds an annual conference and evening meal where members share their news and views on opportunities and challenges facing the sector. The group discusses sector needs and what the HTA is doing, and can look to do, to support Tree and Hedging Group members. Our annual conference is usually followed by a tour around a member’s nursery where informal conversations around experiences are shared and industry insights are discussed.

The conference is an excellent way to network with individuals that share similar interests and to gain awareness of what other businesses are implementing to address sector issues. Our steering group meet at regular intervals throughout the year, with many members reporting updates from other memberships such as EFNA and the Confor Nursery Producers Group. These conversations inform the HTA’s lobbying activity and continue to be a main communication channel for the HTA and wider tree and hedging growers. Tree and Hedging Group members also receive an annual newsletter that covers a range of topics relating to the growing and planting of trees in the UK.

"It is becoming increasingly difficult to find people to do the laborious and repetitive tasks on nurseries, so working closely with robotics and technology engineers is vital to find solutions for our specific requirements such grading, planting, packing and non-chemical weed control."

Ed Holmes, Chair of the Tree and Hedging Steering Group, FutureGrow Expo October 2024