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An informal chat to discuss issue hosted by the Women in Arboriculture Group.
Today, as we seek long-term sustainable tree species for our towns and cities...
Formerly known as Scottish Natural Heritage. NatureScot sets out its...
A new initiative on bacterial plant diseases has been launched
The Association is launching its new Registered Consultant application process
The AA launch of a new route to Technician membership
A guide to help you record your Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
Results for the Women in Arboriculture Group Kit Survey published, with over...
The Arboricultural Association Scotland Branch is pleased to announce that...
What was the impact of OPM management as it corresponded with the first...
A year in the life of the Arboricultural Association
In celebration of #NationalTreeWeek the Arboricultural Association launches...
The Arboricultural Associations is supporting National Tree Week with...
We are pleased to launch a new prize aimed at celebrating careers in...
Alan Crawford gives us a flavour of his book Whispering Woods – Tales from...
A range of Technical Guides have been developed and are now available to...
An opportunity for a Trustee Treasurer to help contribute to the...
Dean Meadows, TMA Environmental Consultants, as been included in the...
People in horticulture are facing growing financial challenges - the need for...
The Association’s Guidance Note 12: The Use of Cellular Confinement...
The Arboricultural Association has produced a two part response to the...
Peter Howson has been appointed as a new Director of the ATO.
Get ready for the expense of Christmas with Perennial’s online...
Tickets are now on sale for the Virtual National Tree Officers Conference...
Two highly anticipated upcoming fungi publications are now available for you...
The Arboricultural Association (AA) is thrilled to announce that the winner...
The first ever tree health week aims to raise awareness of the threats our...
Liam McGough reflects on his journey to become an ARB Approved Contractor
On the 7th September 2020 a vegetation contractor fell approximately 10...
Last week saw us host our first socially distanced training course at the...
Beekeepers and members of the public were today asked to remain vigilant...
Take to complete this survey to help us to develop four new apprenticeships...
August saw incidents involving goalposts that raises safety concerns
The Arboricultural Association has produced a response to the England Tree...
The AA AGM 2020 sees new Chair and Vice Chair elected.
What we need is sustainable, realistic tree planting on sites where it is...
Spring arrives full of promise and a cue to rejoice is spotting my old...
In Scotland, court cases involving trees are rare and reported cases in the...
It’s widely accepted that more trees need to be planted but how can we...
This actually has nothing to do with Covid-19 or cholera. If you cast your...
An update of the impact of Covid-19 on the Association’s activities
Further updates to the progress of ICoP and technical guides
Three of the Arb Association’s Media & Communications committee...
Jon Heuch outlines what the Freedom of Information requests have shown us...
Congratulations to Ai Tree Sevices Limited on becoming an ARB Approved...
A pioneering new project to investigate the health of British oak trees has...
Cross-sector partners receive response to England Tree Strategy Consultation...
We invite our members to join us for the 54th Annual General Meeting of the...
A new research report entitled Stationary Rope Technique (SRT) Work...
Arboricultural Association writes to Lord Goldsmith to outline our concerns...
The Forestry Commission have released a report detailing results of research...
Forestry Minister Lord Goldsmith has urged farmers and landowners to join a...
This is the ‘draft for consultation’ for the first of five new...
The third in a series of updates on Oak Processionary Moth activity from the...
We now invite nominations from individual members willing and able to...
It’s that time again, time to recognise a significant contribution to...
Arboricultural Association announce 2020 AA Amenity Conference is postponed...
Plans to accelerate tree planting and improve the management of our existing...
New T Level can bring more skilled young people into agriculture, land...
Research has begun this summer to throw new light into a little understood...
Laura King outlines 10 considerations to help ensure the home office is safe...
Treeconomics and Pius Floris Boomverzorging to work collaboratively on urban...
The Women in Arboriculture kit survey, we would appreciate your comments on...
The LTOA and ATO issued a survey in April 2020 to gauge the change in working...
This report covers some key learning from the events reported to Utility...
The trials and tribulations of watering are probably the biggest topic to...
When deciding on the best profession to write to about the virtues of open...
A research project will investigate the potential to improve bat surveys of...
We were saddened to hear of the passing of Paul Collins, who died on 14 March.
We are sad to announce the death de Gourét Litchfield at his home in...
John Parker outlines the Arboricultural Association reaction to the COVID-19...
An update of the current state-of-play with our industry guidance materials
In April Defra introduced new national measures intended to prevent the...
Changes in Plant Health legal requirements in the UK means changes to ash...
Human health apart, 2020 is of course also the International Year of Plant...
Initial results of the AA’s Oak Processionary Moth (OPM) survey
In light of Coronavirus, Defra and the Forestry Commission considered whether...
This new poster expands and updates government endorsed advice issued by the...
The UK Government has issued new guidance on preventing Xylella fastidiosa...
Update on Government guidance issued Sunday 10th, Monday 11th and Tuesday...
A chart showing financial measures for UK businesses.
As part of this celebration of World Environment Day, the SocEnv and key...
The annual SocEnv Awards has once again attracted an extremely high calibre...
The Arboricultural Association is pleased to announce the release of the...
The Arboricultural Association announces invitation to curate and host the...
Advice for those who continues to work during the Coronavirus pandemic
After an eventful tournament we have a winner, the London plane is crowned...
The AA, LTOA, MTOA and ATO have launched a campaign to ensure that newly...
Join Perennial on Tuesday 28th April for their online Quiz Night for HortAid-20
A request from Kieron Doick Head of Urban Forest Research Group.
£10m available from the Woodland Carbon Guarantee’s £50m...
The Government has issued updated guidance in relation to social distancing...
The first in a series of updates on Oak Processionary Moth activity from the...
The Arboricultural Association launches the Urban Tree World Cup
On April 2nd we received a response from Defra Minister Lord Goldsmith and...
John O’Conner (Grounds Maintenance) Ltd has announced its chairman...
NHSappeals for protective equipment for staff on the front line of the...
The Arboricultural Association has written to Environment Secretary George...
This article outlines some of the financial help announced by the government...
An update for Technician, Professional and Fellow members of the association...
Results of the first Arboriculture Skills Survey are published, highlighting skills shortages and other issues facing the sector which are to be presented to government in the new year.
The AA website reaches over 1 million annual page views for the first time.
Sarah Jackson joins the team as Training Co-ordinator to continue the growth and evolution of the educational catalogue for the industry.
Support, training, and examinations are rolled out for the new Veteran Tree Management Standards ‘VETcert’, which the AA played a big part in developing.
#ARBatWork photo contest draws 250 entries and over 1000 votes with John Hancock the eventual winner.
The Association acts swiftly to keep members and the industry updated on the latest coronavirus guidance as the country goes into lockdown. Resources including downloadable safe working posters and arb specific coronavirus risk assessments, made available.
We celebrate women in arboriculture on International Women’s Day with the #WomeninArb campaign and the launch of our first Women in Arboriculture event at Kew which 300 people registered for.
The Arboricultural Association takes the difficult decision to cancel several of the year’s major events including ARB Show 2020, AA Conference ‘Trees & Society’ and the Women in Arboriculture networking day at Kew. All training activity is also suspended.
We launch the first ever Urban Tree World Cup which becomes a welcome distraction sparking debate during the lockdown. Over 16,000 votes were cast on daily social media ‘matches’, with London Plane crowned champions of the 32-tree tournament.
Our first online learning content is released in the form of the popular Dr Andrew Hirons’ ‘Applied Tree Biology’ series, with over 2,000 views of module one.
The Virtual ARB Show attracts over 19,000 digital visits interacting with virtual exhibitor stalls, virtual demonstrations, and online learning. The event was free for exhibitors and visitors.
As the AA looks to replace some of the traditional training oppor-tunities lost to the pandemic, we host our first free ‘Wednesday Webinar’ with the interactive panel format Arborists’ Question Time.
The AA and UK Tree Officer groups launch a tree watering campaign which receives widespread support. Aiming to ensure that newly planted trees are watered regularly over the summer months, highlighting the importance of young tree maintenance.
By the end of June the AA had hosted 7 free webinars totalling over 15 hours of CPD for members and non-members.
The updated Industry Code of Practice is released reflecting recent developments and in order to meet the many challenges we face in managing tree work at height.
AA social media platforms reach over 50,000 combined followers.
Over 250 people respond to the Women in Arboriculture kit survey, aiming to provide manufacturers and retailers with constructive feedback to improve equipment currently on offer.
Tree watering campaign resources are translated into Welsh, Polish and Spanish.
Industry consultation on Technical Guide 1: Tree Climbing & Aerial Rescue opens, including guidance on some of the biggest changes to climbing safety requirements in recent memory.
SRT work positioning research report, funded by the AA research grant, is released.
Preparation begins for the September return of socially distanced training courses to AA HQ in Stonehouse, with numbers limited to 6 per course.
The AA holds its first ever radio campaign to raise public awareness, with John Parker featured in a series of interviews reaching a combined 20 million listeners.
The AA and several cross-sector partners raise concerns about the landmark ‘England Tree Strategy’ consultation, before submitting detailed responses in September.
There were 3,709 participants for 18 free, live AA webinars between May and September, amounting to almost 50 hours of CPD.
As well as live webinar viewers, there are over 23,000 views of video content on YouTube.
A new online learning portal opens featuring over 40 hours of CPD exclusively for AA members.
Michelle Ryan is voted the next Chair of the Association, with Navin Sehmi appointed as Vice Chair.
The ARB Approved Contractor accreditation surpasses 300 approved businesses for the first time in its history.
The AA hosts the first ever Tree Health Week.
Five Tree Health Week webinars were enjoyed by 1034 participants.
Participants from 90 countries around the globe have joined an AA live webinar in 2020.
Pre-orders are launched for two highly anticipated fungi publications, with unprecedented demand. Order yours at: www.trees.org.uk/fungi
The AA website surpasses the figure for total page views reached in 2019 (1.1 million) by October 2020.
After a 7 month shutdown, socially distanced coursess held after the AA offices are converted into a covid-secure training space.
The Association holds its first live online training course with ‘Trees, Pests, Diseases and Disorders’.
Membership continues to increase despite a year hampered by the pandemic. By November almost 500 new members have joined in 2020.
A new international membership pricing system is introduced to ensure that all in the global tree community can afford access to the latest science, opinion and best practice.
Technical Guides 1,2,4 & 5 released as part of a comprehensive review of industry guidance relating to arboricultural tree work at height. Followed closely by a suite of free to download Safety Guides and checklists.
Tree Care Supporter is launched, aiming to connect our amazing industry with the public and help it get the awareness and recognition it deserves.
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