Tree planting
Lincolnshire County Council has an ambition to plant a tree for every county resident, meaning that over 750,000 trees will be planted around the county over the coming years. Lincolnshire has one of the lowest tree cover rates in the UK at just under 4% - compared to a national tree coverage rate of 13%.
We are looking to work with individual landowners, farmers, businesses, parish councils and communities of Lincolnshire to support the planting of new woodlands, orchards, hedgerows and individual trees.
If you are planting a single tree in your back garden or planting hundreds of trees around a farm - you can register the trees using this form. They will all be counted towards the countywide tree planting ambition. You can play a part, whatever the size of your planting project. The map shows where all of the trees registered so far have been planted.
Together, we can benefit wildlife and local landscape and help to tackle climate change by planting the right trees, in the right places, for the right reasons.
There are grants available depending on the type of tree you are planting, including woodlands, orchards and hedgerows.
Woodland
If you would like to plant a woodland and have a minimum area of 0.1 hectares available (capable of taking 200 trees or more), you can submit an application here. Once you have submitted your application, we will be able to advise you on woodland creation, management and also the funding options best suited to your site.
As part of a strategy to increase tree planting, Lincolnshire County Council may be able to offer free native planting schemes to:
- parish councils
- voluntary groups
- private landowners
- farmers around the county
Applications for trees in private gardens will not be accepted. Applicants must be able to plant the trees between November 2024 and March 2025 and agree to keep the area around the tree weed free for three years and not remove the trees for 25 years.
All schemes will be scored according to their wildlife and landscape benefit and proposed maintenance. Should more applications be received than our funding allows, only the highest scoring schemes will be awarded trees.
The deadline for 2024 applications is 1 September. If you submit after this deadline, your application will still be considered for 2025.
Apply for a tree planting grant
Orchards
Coronation Community Orchard Project
Lincolnshire County Council has been awarded funding from Defra’s Coronation Living Heritage Fund for the creation of up to 30 new community orchards in the county. We will be working together with District Councils across the county to deliver this project.
The types of applicants for Coronation community orchards will include:
- parish councils
- schools
- voluntary groups
- charities
- private landowners who can offer benefit to their local community
A community orchard can be on either private or public land if there is a community benefit for the orchard, such as, the community involved in setting up and maintaining the orchard, or the community has access to the orchard on a permanent or occasional basis.
The minimum number of trees that will be considered and can class as an orchard is 5 and there is no maximum. However, the number and type of trees must be appropriate for the site.
Applicants must be able to plant the trees between December 2024 and March 2025 and agree to keep the areas around the fruit trees weed free for three years and not remove the trees for 15 years.
All schemes will be scored according to their wildlife and landscape benefit and proposed maintenance. Should more applications be received than our funding allows, only the highest scoring schemes will be awarded trees.
Deadline for 2024 applications is 1 September. If you submit after this deadline, your application may not be considered.
Apply for the Coronation Community Orchard Grant
Hedgerows
As part of a strategy to increase tree planting, Lincolnshire County Council will offer free native hedgerow planting schemes to:
- parish councils
- voluntary groups
- private landowners
- farmers around the county
You can submit an application here. Once you have submitted your application, we will be able to advise you on the funding option best suited to your site.
Applications for hedgerows in private gardens will not be accepted. Applicants must be able to plant the hedging between November 2024 and March 2025 and agree to keep the area around the hedging plants weed free for three years and not remove the hedgerow for 25 years.
We will only be offering small sized trees up to a maximum height of 60 to 90 centimetres with the appropriate protection.
All schemes will be scored according to their wildlife and landscape benefit and proposed maintenance. Should more applications be received than our funding allows, only the highest scoring schemes will be awarded trees.
Deadline for 2024 applications is 1 September. If you submit after this deadline, your application will still be considered for 2025.