Over 2,300 Veteran Trees Now Recorded
Welcome to Epping Forest and Harlow District Council’s Favourite Trees. On this site you will find a whole range of information about our special tree heritage and how people have been inspired to conserve and protect it.
There, is the story of the 50 Favourite Trees project. A lottery funded grant that got this whole project started back in March 2006.
There is a huge ever expanding pictorial data base which contains the pictures and details of thousands of ancient and veteran trees that we have recorded across the district as part of the Epping Forest and Harlow Veteran Tree Hunt. There are also video snippets of schools and educational projects we have undertaken as well as information on the district’s Local Nature Reserves and Tree Warden Group. This website has many cross links with Epping Forest District Council’s Countryside Service - Countrycare who have been largely responsible for the content of this site and have organised the veteran tree hunt and 50 favourite trees project.
In May 2007, Favourite Trees expanded as Harlow Council joined. They too are recording their special trees within the pictorial database. See Harlow...
As well as funding survey work, a GreenArc grant also enabled us to run an educational outreach project with local schools focusing on art, photography and ancient tree recording. See schools...
The grant also allowed us to produce a book of the favourite trees project and the veteran tree hunt. See Favourite Trees book...
Please return as the site expands and we make new discoveries.
