Municipal Tree Officers' Association

29/09/2026

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22/09/2026

"Tomorrow Belongs to Me" - Tree management for the future

Staffordshire County Council, Chasewater Country Park, Innovation Centre, Pool Lane Brownhills, WS8 7NL (OAK ROOM)

14th October 2026

Itinerary for the day:

9.30 – 10.00 Registration, tea and coffee
10.00 – 10.10 Chair, Stuart Kidd – Introduction to the day & MTOA News
10.10 – 10.30 Elle Smith - Assessing access and prioritising planting: applying the 3-30-300 rule in English cities
10.30 – 11.00 Tony Pellettiere - LiDAR-Based Tree Inventories: Pros, Cons, Trends and Considerations
11.00 – 11.15 Comfort Break
11.15 – 11.50 Dr Manuel Esperon-Rodriguez - Selecting urban trees for a hotter, drier future
11.50 - 12.00 Stewart Marshall - CAVAT Update and training
12.00 – 13.00 Lunch
13.00 – 13.30 Andy Martin - From inspection to Risk - A work in progress
13.30 – 14.00 Callum Throw - Occupancy Zoning utilising opensource data
14.00 – 14.15 Q&A and finish

Members: £25; non- members: £65 (dependent on space availability)

Bookable in advance by contacting: [email protected]

Programme may be subject to change.

Sponsored by TreePlotter™

21/09/2026

JOB ALERT

Tree Services Delivery Lead

Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Hours: 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday with occasional weekend working during strong wind events if required.

Worker Type: Mobile

Salary: Starting Salary is £42,123 (Level one) rising to £45,529 (Level four) per annum (pro rata for part-time)

Location: Eastcroft Depot, London Road, Nottingham, NG2 3AH

We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.

In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

11/09/2026

Have you booked a place on the upcoming NTOC Conference yet?

4 November 2026 | The Cutlers' Hall, 7-15 Church Street, Sheffield, S1 1HG

Join us on 4 November 2026 as the National Tree Officers Conference returns for another unmissable gathering of tree professionals from across the UK.

We’re delighted to be bringing NTOC to Sheffield for the first time, and the conference will once again bring together leading voices from arboriculture, urban forestry, woodland management, and planning to share knowledge, explore emerging challenges, and showcase innovation in the management of trees and green infrastructure.

Proudly hosted by the Association of Tree Officers, Institute of Chartered Foresters, London Tree Officers Association, and the Municipal Tree Officers’ Association, the conference provides a unique platform for local authority tree professionals and the wider sector to connect, learn, and exchange ideas.

Over the years, NTOC has established itself as a key event in the arboricultural calendar, offering an invaluable opportunity for practitioners to share real-world experiences, discuss policy and practice, and engage with the latest research and developments affecting the sector.

Whether you are an experienced tree officer, a planning professional working in green infrastructure, or an early-career arboriculturist, NTOC 2026 will offer practical insights, professional development opportunities, and plenty of inspiration. The programme will feature a range of expert speakers, case studies, and presentations exploring the challenges and opportunities facing those responsible for managing our urban treescapes.

As the sector continues to respond to climate change, biodiversity loss, development pressures, biosecurity threats, and increasing public expectations of green spaces, NTOC 2026 provides a timely forum for discussion and collaboration. The conference will bring together a community of professionals committed to ensuring trees continue to deliver environmental, social, and economic benefits for generations to come.

Registration End Date: 31 October 2026

  Join us on 4 November 2026 as the National Tree Officers Conference returns for another unmissable gathering of tree professionals from across the UK. We’re delighted to be bringing NTOC to Sheffield for the first time, and the conference will once again bring together leading voices from arbor...

04/09/2026

Job Alert 🌳 Tree Officer

💷 Salary: £36,363 - £39,152 per annum (Grade G)
🌳Location: Nottingham (city-wide working)
⏰Contract: Full Time, Permanent

Number of posts: 2

Help Shape Nottingham's Urban Forest

Are you an experienced arboricultural professional looking to make a real impact on one of the UK's most ambitious urban forestry programmes?

Nottingham City Council is seeking a knowledgeable and passionate Tree Officer to help manage, protect and enhance the city's extensive tree stock and woodland assets. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in delivering the Council's Urban Forest Strategy, ensuring Nottingham remains a greener, healthier and more sustainable city for future generations. 🌿

Nottingham City Council | City Wide | Permanent | £36,363 - £39,152 per annum (pro rata for part time) (pay award pending) | Full time | On Site Worker | Closing Date: 18th September 2026

30/07/2026

On 3rd September, the Ancient Tree Forum West Midlands & Worcestershire local group would like to welcome you to our third walk of 2026, exploring some wonderful ancient and veteran trees at Bradgate Park, Leicestershire.

The parkland spans 830 acres and has been designated a deer park for over 800 years. The first written reference to the deer park at Bradgate dates back to 1241, which supports the presence of both Red and Fallow deer, with a herd size of around 550 animals, of which three-quarters are Fallow deer.

Bradgate is also famous as the birthplace of the “Nine Days Queen,” Lady Jane Grey. The park features 16th-century Tudor ruins, as well as the iconic 18th-century “Old John” tower, which was gifted to the public in 1928. The park is also famous for its geology and contains some of the oldest exposed fossils in England, with rock formations dating back to the Precambrian period.

The parkland boasts a renowned collection of ancient, veteran oak trees, many exceeding 500 years in age. These hollowed, gnarled trees are thought to be over 500 years old, with one ancient oak thought to be over 800 years old, which was shortlisted for Tree of the Year in 2025. The walk will last approximately 4 hours and will start in the Newtown Linford car park. The route will head straight into the Deer Sanctuary, with many ancient trees, where the deer herd can be viewed, and their impacts will be considered.

The afternoon will see the walk head up to ‘Hell Hole’, an extensive cluster of ancient oak and sweet chestnut, where more tree management discussion with target pruning and propping will be on the agenda. We will culminate with a stop-off at the oldest oak (830 years) within Bowling Green Spinney.

Tickets can be booked using the following link: https://www.ancienttreeforum.org.uk/events/atf-west-midlands-and-worcestershire-visit-to-bradgate-park-leicestershire-3-sept-2026/

This copy was written by James Butler White

Thursday 3rd September 2026 @ 10:00 am - 2:30 pm - Join ATF West Midlands and Worcestershire at Bradgate Park

29/07/2026

Join us on 4 November 2026 as the National Tree Officers Conference returns for another unmissable gathering of tree professionals from across the UK.

To book your ticket for £55 here is the link: https://charteredforesters.org/event/national-tree-officers-conference-2026

We have opened bookings to Local Authority tree professionals early, a few weeks before it is more widely marketed, so get your ticket now as we have sold out in the last few years.

We’re delighted to be bringing NTOC to Sheffield for the first time, and the conference will once again bring together leading voices from arboriculture, urban forestry, woodland management, and planning to share knowledge, explore emerging challenges, and showcase innovation in the management of trees and green infrastructure.

Proudly hosted by the Association of Tree Officers, Institute of Chartered Foresters, London Tree Officers Association, and the Municipal Tree Officers’ Association, the conference provides a unique platform for local authority tree professionals and the wider sector to connect, learn, and exchange ideas.

Over the years, NTOC has established itself as a key event in the arboricultural calendar, offering an invaluable opportunity for practitioners to share real-world experiences, discuss policy and practice, and engage with the latest research and developments affecting the sector.

Whether you are an experienced tree officer, a planning professional working in green infrastructure, or an early-career arboriculturist, NTOC 2026 will offer practical insights, professional development opportunities, and plenty of inspiration. The programme will feature a range of expert speakers, case studies, and presentations exploring the challenges and opportunities facing those responsible for managing our urban treescapes.

As the sector continues to respond to climate change, biodiversity loss, development pressures, biosecurity threats, and increasing public expectations of green spaces, NTOC 2026 provides a timely forum for discussion and collaboration. The conference will bring together a community of professionals committed to ensuring trees continue to deliver environmental, social, and economic benefits for generations to come.

Attendees can expect a day of thought-provoking presentations, valuable networking opportunities, and engaging discussions that will help shape the future of arboriculture and urban forestry. Whether you are looking to share experiences, gain new perspectives, or strengthen professional connections, NTOC 2026 promises to be a rewarding and inspiring event.

  Join us on 4 November 2026 as the National Tree Officers Conference returns for another unmissable gathering of tree professionals from across the UK. We’re delighted to be bringing NTOC to Sheffield for the first time, and the conference will once again bring together leading voices from arbor...

17/07/2026

A message from our friends at Carbon Gold:

"Wakefield has a substantial stock of mature street and park trees alongside a busy development pipeline, and keeping those trees alive through construction is a constant job. That is exactly where our enriched biochar earns its place, and I would like to offer your team some free CPD on it.

Carbon Gold is the UK's longest-established biochar company, a certified B Corp and Made in Britain certified. Our enriched biochar is not plain biochar. It is pre-charged at manufacture with our own blend, including Trichoderma and mycorrhizal fungi, so it brings a living root environment back to soil that has been compacted, disturbed or stripped of biology.

Where that helps a tree officer:

Protected and retained trees on development sites. When construction compacts ground or cuts roots inside a root protection area, those trees go into decline. Worked into the soil around the roots, our enriched biochar improves aeration, water-holding and biological activity, and gives a stressed tree a real chance to recover. It can be written into an Arboricultural Method Statement or a planning condition.

When works have been stopped. Where a job has been halted to protect a tree, or a protected tree has already been damaged, the enriched biochar can be specified as part of the remediation and recovery.

Veteran, mature and stressed trees. By improving the rooting environment, our enriched biochar supports a tree's own vigour and resilience. It is preventative, giving trees better conditions to withstand stress and disease pressure, not a treatment for disease.

The evidence comes from independent field trials by the Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories at the University of Reading, including a four-year trial that showed 46% more root length against untreated. In budget terms, the biochar in a tree pit costs a fraction of supplying, planting and establishing one replacement tree."

The CPD-certified Arboriculture session covers all of this. It runs online, takes under an hour, and costs nothing, and can booked directly here:

09/07/2026

What a lovely morning and afternoon with Lance at Birmingham Botanical Gardens on a guided tour. If you haven't visited these gardens, we highly recommend, as there are plenty of champion trees here - the biggest, the oldest, the rarest, or just generally the best of their species. Big thanks to our sponsors Barcham Trees for supporting us. Scroll along for some beautiful sunny photos of the greenery.

08/07/2026

JOB ALERT 🚨

Wolverhampton City Council are hiring for an Arboriculture Supervisor 👇

Arboriculture Supervisor Salary - £44,075 - £49,282 (Grade 7)Hours - 37Contract type - Full time,permanentWorkstyle - Fixed This role requires a cu