Trees on the Land
Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland 路 Nonprofit 路 National 路 since 2013
All-island Irish initiative distributing free native trees for one big planting season every winter
About
Trees on the Land is a cross-border, not-for-profit project of the Green Economy Foundation (Irish Natural Forestry Foundation CLG, registered charity 20055110) that supplies young native trees to farmers, schools, community groups, councils and landowners across all 32 counties of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Founded by Imogen Rabone, it began with a pilot that planted just over 100,000 trees in one day in spring 2013 and grew into an annual programme in which several hundred planting projects receive trees to plant between December and March. The project reports well over three million native trees planted since 2013; applications for the winter 2026 to spring 2027 season closed on 18 October 2026.
What they run
Landowners, schools and community groups apply in summer and autumn for free or low-cost native trees, which are distributed and planted between December and March.
The numbers
| Metric | Year | Value | Program | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trees distributed | 2013 | 100,000 | Organization-wide | Self-reported | sourceProject history page: the first pilot planting in spring 2013 planted 'just over 100,000 trees in one day'. |
| Trees distributedto date | 2020 | 1,000,000 | Organization-wide | Self-reported | sourceGreen Economy Foundation news post, 22 May 2020: 'planting of over 1,000,000 native trees throughout Ireland'. |
| Trees distributedto date | 2024 | 3,000,000 | Organization-wide | Independently verified | sourceThe Irish Times, 24 August 2024: Trees on the Land 'has planted 3 million young trees across the island of Ireland' since 2013. |
| Trees distributedto date | 2026 | 3,000,000 | Organization-wide | Self-reported | sourceProject history page (read Nov 2026): 'well over three million trees since 2013'; homepage: 'We have planted more than 3 million native trees across the 32 counties.' |
How they report
What earned it
- 5/20 Publishes annual tree figures: 1 year of annual figures on record (5 points each, up to 4 years)
- 0/15 Figures are recent: Latest annual figure is for 2013
- 10/10 Every figure has a public source: 4 of 4 figures link to a source
- 0/15 Publishes financials or cost per tree: No financial figure recorded
- 0/15 Reports survival or monitoring: No survival or monitoring figure
- 10/10 Independently verified figure: At least one figure confirmed by a third party
- 4/10 Breaks figures down by program: Programs named, figures not broken out
- 0/5 Reports volunteers or events: No volunteer figures or events
- Latest annual figure
- 100,000 trees in 2013
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