Rhiwbina tree-plantings will boost city's urban forest

Plantings in Rhiwbina, Whitchurch, Llanishen, Thornhill, and Heath this season will contribute to a planned total of 30,000 more trees for Cardiff’s urban forest project.

Building on five years of successful planting, this season will see new trees planted in every council ward in Cardiff.

Planting sessions in Rhiwbina include: 14 December at Heol Llanishen Fach Park, 17 March at Hill Snook Park.

Among the many other nearby planting venues are: Glider Field, Llanishen; St Agatha Road, Heath; Tynewydd, Whitchurch; St Edwen's Garden, Heath; Insole Grove, Llandaff; and Llandennis Oval, Cyncoed.

There are also volunteering opportunities in the nursery in Forest Farm, Whitchurch.

You can find the local dates in our events calendar here, and for the full list, visit the Coed Caerdydd Eventbrite page, where you can also sign up to volunteer.

Since the Coed Caerdydd project began in 2021 as part of Cardiff Council’s One Planet Cardiff response to climate change, more than 155,000 trees have been planted across the city.

Volunteers have played a central role in that success, dedicating more than 22,500 hours to planting, growing and caring for trees in their neighbourhood.

Cardiff Council cabinet member, Jennifer Burke, said: “The new trees that have been planted in Cardiff over the last five years will benefit generations to come, making streets cooler, providing important habitats for wildlife, soaking up carbon emissions, and helping clean the air.

“Planting so many trees has only been possible because of the incredible support of volunteers and we’d love to see as many people as possible getting involved again this season so we can plant even more. Whether you can spare an hour at a community planting session, help care for young trees in your neighbourhood, or support the work that goes on at our tree nursery, it makes a huge difference.”

The trees planted will be a mix of mainly native species along with some non-invasive ornamental species suitable for climate change adaptation. Increasingly the project will be planting trees grown from locally collected seed at the Coed Caerdydd nursery which was established early in the project

Free trees for Cardiff residents will also return this planting season, giving more households the opportunity to bring the benefits of trees and nature into their own gardens.

Find out more here.