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2025 Update

We’re making steady progress towards our goal of one million trees by 2030. As of summer 2025, we estimate the over 884,000 trees across the City of ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ urban area. Our focus continues to be on planting where trees are needed most to help create a fairer, greener city for everyone.

This year, we’re also running a new i-Tree Eco Survey to better understand ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½’s urban forest and the benefits it provides. You can find our previous survey at the dedicated page: i-Tree eco report. Alongside this, we’re strengthening our community planting programmes, improving data tracking, and planning for the next planting season starting in autumn.

Our Treetime programme, run by ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ and Lothians Greenspace Trust, continues to be a success with over 500 donations received since its launch in 2019. It remains a fantastic way for individuals and organisations to support tree planting.

Planting Location Updates

We’re currently reviewing tree planting locations across the city. This includes both previously planted sites and opportunities for new planting in the upcoming seasons.

A full list of locations will be shared here as soon as it’s available.

In the meantime, if you have any questions, suggestions, or would like to know more about planting activity in your area, please don’t hesitate to get touch with the team at edinburghmilliontrees@edinburgh.gov.uk.

Official launch

The official project launch event took place on 13 October 2021 at Lauriston Castle gardens and the occasion and milestone was marked by planting of a Ginkgo tree. The Lord Provost with the Convenor of Culture and Communities Committee planted a Ginkgo tree donated by ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Royal Botanical Gardens.

After the planting ceremony, there was a guided tour of the gardens conducted by volunteers from the Friends of Lauriston Castle Gardens. Another Ginkgo tree was planted in the Lauriston Japanese Garden by the Chairman of the Friends. 

ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Awarded Queen’s Green Canopy “Champion City”

We were success in applying for Queen’s Green Canopy “Champion City” status to mark The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

In early March 2022, a launch event was organised in partnership with ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ and Lothians Greenspace Trust and Trees for Cities. It was held at Stenhouse, in the greenspace on Broomhouse Drive adjacent to the Saughton Tram Station. We are grateful to the 53 adults and 26 children who generously volunteered to plant over 1,200 trees at the event.

Trees planted in Winter 2021 to 2022

We reported to the Culture and Communities Committee on 26 April, on the numbers of trees planted in the Winter season 2021 to 2022. This is on target for reaching a million trees by 2030. 

A total of 25,230 trees have been planted already. The number of trees planted by landownership are

• Council
  • parks - 4,791 (19% of total trees to plant by 2030)
  • open-spaces and housing -1,570 (6% of total trees to plant by 2030)
  • on streets - 1,570 (1% of total trees to plant by 2030)
  • schools - 422 (2% of total trees to plant by 2030)
  • Natural Heritage service - 4,647 (18% of total trees to plant by 2030)
• Private estates - 13,400 (53% of total trees to plant by 2030)
• Universities and colleges - 53 (0.2% of total trees to plant by 2030).

Tree planting completed this winter at Silverknowes Park

Tree planting completed this winter at Redford Wood - Colinton Primary School

Tree planting completed this winter in wee forests funded by NatureScot and Earthwatch UK

West Pilton Park

Peacocktail Park

Mount Vernon