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Inaugural YCL Award Winners Announced

July 18th 2022 Inaugural Winners of our YCL Award

Sharing Eden – tenth anniversary

11th July 2022 Sharing Eden, published by The Conservation

International experts converge on RBG Kew for major elm conference

11th July 2022 ‘The Future of the Elm Tree

Martin Day

23rd June 2022 Martin Day, nurseryman and friend of

Is this the tree that inspired Handel?

13th June 2022 Conservation Foundation Director David Shreeve Turns

Growing A Better Future

April 27th 2022 Growing a Better Future New Community

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EARTH DAY

April 22nd 2022 EARTH DAY As part of

Field Marshal Sir John Chapple

29th March 2022 Sir John Chapple David Shreeve

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Morus Londinium goes to Georgia

Last to flower and first to fruit, the mulberry

Happy 40th Anniversary to the Foundation

4th March 2022 40 YEARS ON This year

Where’s your favourite place?

Asked by Garden News where his favourite place is, our

Elms Roundtable 18th November 2021

18th March 2021 ELMS ROUNDTABLE The Conservation

London Spade Award

David Shreeve presented with the ‘London Spade Award’

October 20th 2021 Congratulations to our Founder and

The Earthshot Finalists Announced

September 17th 2021 The Earthshot Finalists Announced On Friday

Climate change widespread, rapid, and intensifying – IPCC

August 18th 2021 Climate change widespread, rapid, and intensifying

Pivot2021 event: Geothermal. Reimagined – July 19-23, 2021

July 19th – 23rd 2021 Pivot2021 event: Geothermal. Reimagined.

Public urged to ‘Plant For Our Planet’ in a new campaign

July 12th 2021 A new campaign Plant for our

‘Smile’ for The Conservation Foundation

June 21st 2021 ‘Smile’ for The Conservation Foundation For

Government sets out commitments to biodiversity and sustainability in G7 Nature Compact

June 22nd 2021 Government sets out commitments to biodiversity

World Environment Day 2021

June 5th 2021 World Environment Day As the world

The Conservation Foundation’s mulberry project wins European Heritage / Europa Nostra Award 2021

25th May 2021 The Conservation Foundation’s mulberry project wins

Robert Somerville’s Barn Club

April 13th 2021 A Tale of Forgotten Elm Trees,

HRH Prince Philip

April 9th 2021 HRH Prince Philip So

Building Back Better Through A Green Recovery

March 30th 2021 Building Back Better Through a Green

Unlocking Nature

March 29th 2021 Unlocking Nature Lockdown has limited all

Interview: Neil Maddison on the importance of supporting change

March 25 2021 An interview with conservationist Neil on

Solving A Global Issue Together

March 16th 2021 Solving A Global Issue Together All

Cities4Forests Day

March 15th 2021 Cities4Forests Day In the context of

Exciting research project with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew underway

March 10th 2021 RBG Kew Research Project The Conservation

Climate Change and Gender Equality on International Women’s Day

March 8th 2021 Climate Change and Gender Equality on

The Conservation Foundation on Climate Change

March 7th 2021 The Conservation Foundation on Climate Change

People Need to Eat

Dec 20th 2020 People Need to Eat In a

The Sprint to Glasgow

Dec 12th 2020 The Climate Ambition Summit The

How is COVID-19 affecting wild meat consumption in rural Cameroon?

Nov 5th 2020 Solving the Bushmeat Challenge in Cameroon

The Earthshot Prize nominations begin

Nov 4th 2020 Updates on The Earthshot Prize On

Documentary on the illegal exploitation of the Congo Basin and its negative impacts

Nov 3rd 2020 The Congo Basin evokes images of wild terrain

COVID-19 Announcement: Tools Shed project on hold

Oct 22nd 2020 Tools Shed project temporarily on hold

Launch of The Earthshot Prize

Oct 21st 2020 Simple but ambitious goals to incentivise

Andrew's transformed garden.

Urban church garden repurposed into therapy space for trauma clients because of COVID-19

Oct 21st 2020 Urban church garden repurposed into therapy

Our first Gardening Against The Odds giveaway

AUTUMN IS HERE. To get us all off to

To email, or not to email? – question solved!

Director’s Note – August 28th 2020 To email, or

Maintaining Support in COVID-19 Times

Who Moved My Chair?: Maintaining Support in COVID-19 Times

Could we get you to ‘Smile’ for The Conservation Foundation?

Donate with Amazon Smile Could we get you to

Elsie Houston and Sharka

Gardening Against the Odds Update

Gardening Against the Odds Update – July 13th LOCKDOWN

Drop Off Crate for Old Garden Tools

Tools Shed Call Out To All Garden Centres and

Thyme Served Hatfield prison Farm Shop

Tools Shed Drop Off Weekend in Doncaster

Tools Shed Update 24th June 2020 TOOLS SHED

Tools Shed Covid-19 Update – We’re Open!

19th June 2020 Tools Shed Covid-19 Update Good

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Gardening Against the Odds Update

Gardening Against the Odds Update It’s been almost 2

World Sea Turtle Day

World Sea Turtle Day -16 June 2020 Today

Author and Mental Health Advocate Rachel Kelly for Gardening Against the Odds

Gardening Against the Odds. Mental Health Awareness Week does

Tools Shed Covid-19 Update

Project Update Tools Shed Covid-19 Update We are

Geothermal Geysers

Geothermal Energy

Geothermal Energy Partnership Conservation Foundation participates in a World

How Not To Get Animals Mixed Up by Matt Brown

International Biodiversity Day – Friday 22nd May 2020 How

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International Biodiversity Day

International Biodiversity Day – Friday May 22nd 2020 The

Mental Health Awareness Week – GATO

Mental Health Awareness Week – GATO As Mental Health

TOOLS SHED, the UK’s garden tool recycling project.

TOOLS SHED, the UK’s only garden tool recycling project

Here’s Something You Can Try at Home, And It Doesn’t Cost The Earth (Or The Sea)

Here’s Something You Can Try At Home, And It

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Creative Gardening: The Most Peculiar Plantings in London

Creative Gardening: The Most Peculiar Plantings in London By

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Gardening Against the Odds Virtual Relaunch

Proof that gardening can overcome the Odds As we

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The Great British Elm Experiment Update

The Great British Elm Experiment The Conservation Foundation’s Great

EARTH DAY April 22nd 2020

Earth Day 2020 Today in lockdown we celebrate the

Why Eat Wild Meat?

Why Eat Wild Meat? Neil Maddison has been working

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The Elm Trees Of London

The Elm Trees Of London Matt Brown explores the

EASTER 2020

Easter 2020 Easter is such a special time of

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Elm Spotting

The roots of The Conservation Foundation began with an

Gardening Against the Odds & Green Health Research

Gardening Against the Odds & Green Health Research Whilst

The Two Davids

THE TWO DAVIDS David Bellamy and David Shreeve met

Farewell to our friend

David Bellamy (1933 – 2019) The Conservation Foundation is

New tools for Alverton Primary

Students From Alverton Primary School using their brilliant tools

Tools for Hounslow mosque

Our friends at Groundwork are working with the local

Unlocking Nature in the news

Our Unlocking Nature project, which has turned parts of

New Tools for Ormskirk Primary School

Teachers, parents and children from Mawdesley St Peter’s CofE

Tools Shed makes headway in Lancashire

Drop tools at points across England and Scotland.

London Plane Tree Conference

Report and Speaker Presentations

Green Health – The Movie

At Green Health Live 2, which took place recently

Rediscovering The Hidden Horticulturists

A discussion with Fiona Davison and David Shreeve

Green Health Live 2

GARDENING is highly therapeutic and can bring meaning and

Tough Mudder Challenge

TOUGH MUDDER CHALLENGE 2019 They did it! Huge

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Dobbies tool amnesty for Tools Shed

The Conservation Foundation is delighted to be partnering Dobbies

Eden Project Tool Giveaway

Rain and sleet didn’t deter local school and community

Papal visit

David Shreeve meets the Pope at the Vatican

Perspectives on London

50 ways of loving London

Join the Great British Elm Search

Elm map launched