How does tree gifting work?


Your questions answered

Looking for an ethical and unique gift for special occasions like Mother’s Day, birthdays or an anniversary? Give your loved ones a sustainable gift that keeps on growing – trees.

  • Simply purchase the card that fits your occasion and you’ll be helping to restore a little bit of our planet through trees. Our amazing community tree planting partners will then be able to plant, grow and nurture the trees for generations to come.

  • A tree is a gift that keeps on giving. Not only are they great for our planet, trees are unique, eco-friendly and super easy gifts that you can share with your friends and loved ones.

  • Trees are natures super heroes. Not only are they enchantingly beautiful, they nourish and sustain communities, protect wildlife and promote biodiversity. And planting trees is a simple act that will generate countless benefits for all life on earth.

  • Across our projects, we plant a wide mix of diverse trees from fruit trees like mango to native species at risk of going extinct like the African cherry.

    We always ensure that the trees we plant are well suited to a specific environment and benefit the local community.

  • Our local team and community partners decide what trees to plant based on their suitability to the local environment. This ensures that landscapes and communities reap the most benefits from trees planted.

  • Your trees will be planted where the need is greatest in forests, woodlands and farms across our projects, restoring damaged ecosystems and creating healthy and productive landscapes that nourish and sustain communities.

  • From seed to maturity, trees grow at different rates. Trees in warmer climates will grow faster than a tree here in the UK. Species like African cherry can reach 14m in 18 years .

  • Due to the scale of tree planting required we’re not able to match donations to specific trees or to label trees with plaques. We do however, provide regular updates, videos and pictures of our tree planting projects on our blog and in our monthly newsletter.

  • Sorry no you can’t. But rest assured that our amazing community-tree planting partners will not only plant your trees properly but also nurture and protect them so that they can thrive and flourish for years to come.

  • Due to the scale of our tree planting projects, we are unable to facilitate visitations. But you can sign up to our monthly newsletter to receive regular updates from our transformational tree planting projects

  • Once you donate a tree as a gift, we’ll send you a personalised digital card about your amazing gift to our planet.

A man who plants a tree is doing a very wonderful thing. He is setting in motion an organism which may far outlive him or his children, and year by year that tree is storing up energy and power, working with precision like a factory, but far superior to any factory of man.
— ITF Founder, Richard St. Barbe Baker